Section 2, Discussion Of Chapters

Question 1

How is Hyde described as evil in Enfield and Uttersons conversation
6 quotes in answer, 3 single word
"I never saw..."
"Nothing..."
"Like.."

Answer 1

The house of Hyde has “nothing but a door”, a great contrast between the prosperous street it is found on. It is also described as “sinister” and “sordid”. Hyde also tramples “calmly” over the child suggesting he had no morals and how he easily does violent things. Enfield also said “I never saw a man I so disliked and yet I scarce no why”. He also looks “like Satan”

Question 2

Why don’t Enfield and Utterson talk about the check signed by Jekyll

Answer 2

They don’t want to discuss it incase it ruins Jekyll reputation, who is their friend

Question 3

How is Jekyll will so mysterious

Answer 3

It says if Jekyll dies or disappears, everything should go to Hyde, this makes Utterson think jekyll is being blackmailed

Question 4

How is Jekyll will mysterious

Answer 4

Utterson has jekylls will and has read it, it states that everything shall go to Hyde. This makes utterson suspect Jekyll is being blackmailed for doing something disrespectable in the past and Jekyll wants to protect his reputation. Utterson also visits Lanyon who explains him and Jekyll fell out as jekylls scientific work became “unscientific balderdash” suggesting he took a darker turn

Question 5

How does Utterson meet Hyde

Answer 5

Utterson wants to meet Hyde to try and find out more about the mystery between him and Jekyll so he begins to “haunt” the door where Enfield last saw Hyde. It’s night when they meet and the street is “solitary” and “silent” which creates a sense of expectation

Question 6

How does Utterson describe Hyde

Answer 6

He’s described as “pale and dwarfish” and seems “hardly human”, backing up the idea that Hyde is less evolved than a normal person. Like Enfield, Utterson can’t explain what makes Hyde so unsettling. Hyde also is very certain Jekyll didn’t talk about Hyde to Utterson like Utterson said, the reader wonders how he can be so sure

Question 7

What is the importants of jekylls house

Answer 7

His house is physically connected to the lab that Hyde always goes into. Utterson knew this but the reader only just finds out. This adds a bit more mystery. Jekylls house has “a great air of wealth and comfort” which shows his respectable and successful life. Poole also says jekylls servants must obey the orders of Hyde and Hyde has a key, suggesting Hyde is blackmailing Jekyll. The lab is also “sinister” compared to the “comfortable” house which shows the two sides of jekyll

Question 8

How is Jekyll presented the first time the reader meets him

Answer 8

It is at a party Jekyll set up with some other “intelligent” “respectable” upper class men which shows the social class Jekyll is part of. Jekyll is described as a kind man but he is also said to have a “slyish cast” suggesting there is a darker side to his personality that he is hiding, Hyde

Question 9

What happens when Utterson tries to talk to Jekyll about the will

Answer 9

Jekyll tried to change the subject to lanyon, he sees him as “ignorant” because he dismisses jekylls work, this suggests Jekyll would rather lose friends than end his “fanciful” experiment. This also makes the reader wonder why Jekyll can’t talk abôut the will to one of his most trusted best friends.

Question 10

How does he reader see Jekyll is hiding something and what does Utterson try to do

Answer 10

Jekyll says he’s in a strange situation which “cannot be mended by talking” this creates suspense and secrecy as victorian gentlemen hid there immoral thoughts and desires, in jekylls case, it’s Hyde”
He also says he has “a very great interest” in Hyde but won’t explain why, adding to the secrecy. Jekyll also thinks he’s in control of Hyde, claiming that “the moment I choose, I can be rid of mr Hyde”.
Utterson wants to get Jekyll out of trouble, caring more for jekylls reputation than his immoral behaviour. He also doesn’t want to know what Jekyll has done so doesn’t ask for answers

Question 11

Why is the maids account of the murder so nice before Hyde kills Danvers Carew

Answer 11

It emphasises the kindness and innocence of sir Danvers. She also describes the scene and setting and “romantic”. This makes hydes sudden outbreak even more disturbing and unexpected. It also makes Hyde even more evil for killing an innocent old man for no reason.

Question 12

How does the maid make the scene so shocking

Answer 12

She faints which shows how horrifying it was. She describes hydes behaviour as live an “ape like fury” which goes back to him being less evolved. There is also a lot of gruesome detail, bones “audibly shattered” and Hyde gave a “storm of blows” which caused caress body to “jump”. Hyde also left his body “incredibly mangled”

Question 13

How does Utterson show duality when he identifies the body

Answer 13

At first he is concerned and shocked, be his “professional ambition” to turn the situation into and advantage for him takes over.

Question 14

What is the significance of the location of hydes home

Answer 14

It’s In a “dismal quarter of soho”. Soho at the time was full of prostitues and poverty, a vast contrast between the respectable area Jekyll lives in. Soho is also a dingy place located in the richer west sides of London, this represents the evil of Hyde which is located in the richness of Jekyll

Question 15

How does Jekyll behave after Danvers murder

Answer 15

He is in his lab when Utterson goes to visit him, this is unusual as it is the place we associate with Hyde and Utterson has never been there before.
He looks “sick” and speaks with a “feverish” manner, showing how agitated he is about the murder. He is determined to be rid of Hyde, swearing to god that he won’t see him again
However, he is still disclosing infomation, he has “grounds of certainty” that Hyde won’t return but “cannot share with anyone” why he is so certain

Question 16

How does the letter from Hyde affect Utterson

Answer 16

Jekyll gives it to him to protect his reputation, this relieves Utterson as jekyll is now more worried about himself and doesn’t care for Hyde anymore. Utterson is initially convinced the letter is authentic but begins to doubt it when Poole says no letters were delivered by hand like Jekyll said.

Question 17

What happens when Utterson talks to guest about the letter

Answer 17

Guest discovers the writing of Hyde and Jekyll have a striking resemblance, this deepens the mystery. Utterson also tells guest not to speak of the letter, adding more secrecy and Utterson jumps to the conclusion that Jekyll forged the letter to cover Hyde

Question 18

Summarise when Jekyll became happy again

Answer 18

Jekyll becomes how he was and re ignites his friendship with lanyon. He Utterson and lanyon have dinners together like before and Jekyll is at peace. Hyde seems to have completely disappeared, there was not a whisper of his whereabouts, it was as if he never existed. However, after 2 months of normality, Jekyll suddenly retreats back into seclusion without explanation.

Question 19

How has lanyon changed when Jekyll hid away

Answer 19

He appeared physically older and balder and most importantly, had a “deep-seated terror of the mind”. This physical change shows how profoundly affected he is by what he has seen. The reader won’t find out until the end which makes it more mysterious. Lanyon believes he will die soon, his speech has become vague and cryptic, not the articulate man of science he was earlier in the novel

Question 20

How does Jekyll show his duality in “I am the chief of sinners, I am…”

Answer 20

“I am the chief of sinners, I am the chéif of sufferers also”. This makes it seem he is two opposite people which he is, sinners is Hyde and sufferers is jekyll suggesting the more Hyde sins, the more Jekyll suffers. This shows the internal conflict of jekylls mind

Question 21

What happened at the window with Utterson and Enfield

Answer 21

The two were on a walk and went past the window of jekylls lab. There they saw Jekyll, they spoke to him and he was clearly upset. They were talking but then suddenly a look of “abject terror and despair” came across jekylls face and he shut the window and left. The look of jekylls face “froze the very blood” of Utterson and Enfield. They don’t know jekyll is Hyde but know they’ve seen something inexplicable.

Question 22

How does Poole show he’s worried for jekyll

Answer 22

He gives a surprise visit to Utterson to tell him
Poole avoids questions and Utterson tells him to “be explicit” but Poole won’t say what’s happened, telling him to see it for himself. The lack of information increases suspense
Poole openly admits he’s afraid, the open emotion shows Utterson how serious it is.
Poole’s fear makes Utterson fearful which “irritated” him as he rather deal with facts than emotions

Question 23

How is suspense increased when Poole and Utterson reach jekylls house

Answer 23

The servants are gathered together, terrified. One of them is “hysterical” with fear. Utterson thinks the behaviour is “very irregular, very unseemly” he doesn’t know why they’re scared and thinks jekyll would be angry if he saw them

Question 24

What’s making Poole so anxious and analysis

Answer 24

Poole heard crying from jekylls cabinet and received a desperate letter for the chemist saying “For Gods sake…find me some of the old” - jekylls desperation is clear from the tone of the letter, this creates a mystery on why he wants the drug so desparatly

The door remains locked and meals are only taken by the inhabitant when “nobody was looking”. The locked door is another barrier hiding jekylls secret. There’s a sense that something dangerous is hidden behind it

Poole saw someone outside the cabinet if it was Jekyll, he was wearing a “mask”. The mask explores the idea of duality and how Hyde is a mask that allows jekyll to do immoral actions without damaging his reputation

Question 25

What is pooles explanation of the mystery

Answer 25

Hyde has killed jekyll and is still in the cabinet for some reason. He is almost certain it’s Hyde from what he has seen and knows that he would know if the thing was his master as he has worked for him for 20 years.

Question 26

What is uttersons theory for the mystery and what does he think of pooles

Answer 26

He thinks jekyll is ill, hence the desperation for the drug and his change in voice and appearance and why he wears a mask. He thinks pooles idea is “wild” however, Poole then says jekyll is “a tall, fine build” and the thing he saw was “more of a dwarf” like Hyde and the then begins to agree

Question 27

What is the significance of Poole and Utterson breaking down the door

Answer 27

Jekyll shouts “Utterson…for gods sake have mercy” however, he is in hydes form so they break down the door. They are “appalled” by what they’ve done as it goes against their idea of not getting involved in others business

Question 28

Analysis of lanyons narrative and jekylls request

Answer 28

The netter happens in the middle of a main narrative, the shifting narrative makes the story seem quite fragmented as if the truth is being revealed in parts. This is when we find out what scared lanyon to death
The contents of the draw lanyon obtains has a vial of “blood red” liquid, this hints at the sinister and mysterious experiments jekyll has been carrying out. Lanyon, a fellow scientist is un able to guess what the other substances are which show how far jekyll has strayed from traditional science

Question 29

Analysis of lanyon meeting Hyde for the first time

Answer 29

Lanyon doesn’t know the messenger is Hyde but the reader does, this creates tension as we know what he’s capable of
Hyde arrives at midnight, this is the time of day Stevenson links with Hyde as it emphasises his link with secret deeds and hidden desires
Lanyon also doesn’t like Hyde but he thought it was a “personal distaste” but his reaction is still the same as everyone else’s

Question 30

Analysis of when we and lanyon see Hyde transform

Answer 30

Hyde gives lanyon the option of letting Hyde leave with it questions or if he wants to see Hyde do his magic. This is surprisingly nice of Hyde, he knows if lanyon sees this, he will die soon so he gives him the choice, this could be the jekyll side of him trying to protect lanyon. Lanyon is too curious and sees Hyde become jekyll
Stevenson gives a lot of description into the transformation and how hydes face went “suddenly black” this shows how distressing witnessing the transformation would have been
Lanyon feels “life is shaken to the roots” as jekyll just proved the science Lanyon denied is real
Stevenson does t tell us why the transformation happened, only jekyll can which builds anticipation

Question 31

What does jekyll talk about in his discovery of mans dual nature

Answer 31

Everyone has two sides, jekyll was “fond of the respect” he received from other, so he wanted wore a more serious appearance, even though it didn’t reflect his true personality. He wanted to be the ideal Victorian gentlemen so set high standards for himself. Even though his pleasures weren’t particularly immoral, he still hid them away to maintain his strong reputation

Question 32

Why did Jekyll want to make Hyde and what did he feel about it

Answer 32

He dreamt of separating his good side from his bad side so he could enjoy the immoral things he wanted to do without making his good side look bad or feel guilty, so he turned to “transcendental” science. He knew the risks but still did it, this shows how tempting knowledge can be. When hesaw Hyde for the first time, he saw the evil but jekyll felt a “leap of welcome” as he knew he was now free to do what he wanted

Question 33

How did his experiment go wrong

Answer 33

Jekyll believes Hyde is so evil because the experiment was carried out in order for jekyll to do sinful things, resulting in a purely evil being. He thinks if he had good intentions, he could have created an “angel”. Because Hyde is pure evil, even though jekyll wanted to use him for his “undignified” pleasures, Hyde wanted to do “monstrous” things instead

Question 34

How does Jekyll begin to lose control

Answer 34

One morning he wakes up as Hyde, Hyde has grown and his evil is “nourished”. This shows how the evil in Hyde is growing and jekyll is losing control. Jekyll decides to suppress Hyde by not transforming for 2 months, however, the temptation of the liberty Hyde had became too strong and he took the potion again. Because of how long Hyde was “caged” in jekyll, his evil grew and he murdered Carew, he felt “glee” and “delight in every blow”, this shows how monstrous Hyde is

Question 35

How does jekyll feel after the murder

Answer 35

He doesn’t want Hyde anymore and decides to live a respectable life as a “secret sinner”. One day he becomes Hyde in a park, he believes this happened because jekyll began sinning, which disrupted the balance of good and bad in his soul.

Question 36

How does tension grow between jekyll and Hyde

Answer 36

As jekyll becomes weaker, Hyde grows stronger. Instead of needing the potion to become Hyde, he needs it to become jekyll, this shows how the balance between them has changed. Jekyll now sees Hyde as “inorganic”, unnatural and Hyde resents the way jekyll now sees him so plays “ape like tricks” on him such as destroying the portrait of jekylls father. Eventually jekyll runs out of potion and an impending doom begins to approach, the only way he can control Hyde is through the threat of suicide.