The Characters

Question 1

The Main Characters are?

Answer 1

Dr jekyll and mr hyde

Question 2

secondary characters, the lawyer and the doctor friends?

Answer 2

mr utterson

dr lanyon

Question 3

what are the three minor characters? 
dr jekyll's buttler?
mr utterson's friend and cousin? 
mr hyde's murder victim? 
the handwriter expert?

Answer 3

Poole
mr richard enfield
sir danvers carew
guest

Question 4

What is dr jekyll shown to be at the start of the book?

Answer 4

respectable upper class man 
wealthy 
intelligent

Question 5

How is dr jekyll determined?

Answer 5

Dr Jekyll is determined as he wants his experiment to succeed. He is so determined that he risks losing everything in order for him to succeed - his friendships, reputation and wealth.

Question 6

“I do sincerley take a great, a very great interest in that young man”

Answer 6

Jekyll as determined

Question 7

“I do sincerley take a great, a very great interest in that young man”
What does the repetition of “great” emphasise?
What does “sincerely show?

Answer 7

how determined jekyll is and illustrates how he feels about mr hyde.
his determination and passion is real.

Question 8

How is dr jekyll respectable?

Answer 8

Due to his wealth, reputation as a charitable and his discoveries in science.

Question 9

The doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent reputable men, and all judges of good wine.

How does this show dr jekyll

Answer 9

respected

Question 10

What does The doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent reputable men, and all judges of good wine. show about dr jekyll.

Answer 10

well-liked, respected in victorian london society.

Very wealthty.

Question 11

How is dr jekyll intelligent?

Answer 11

By his scientific experiments which are perceived by some others as un-godly or unworldly - mostly by the conventional scientist Dr Lanyon.

Question 12

Evidence of dr jekyll and his intellignece?

Answer 12

Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., LL.D., F.RS., etc.

Question 13

Analysis of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., LL.D., F.RS., etc. to do with his intelliegnce?

Answer 13

These are titles attached to his name, degrees and qualifactions, showing his intelligence. The “etc.” means there is more.

Question 14

How is dr jekyll erratic?

Answer 14

He is trying to conceal mr hyde from everyone and tries to control his experiments but are failing.
He gets more erratic as the novella develops.

Question 15

Evidence of dr jekyll becoming erratic?

Answer 15

…before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentleman below.

Question 16

Ananlysis of …before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentleman below. to do with dr jekyll becoming more erratic.

Answer 16

This highlights the change in Dr Jekyll’s behaviour, as before this quotation, Dr Jekyll was happily talking to Mr Utterson. However, Stevenson describes a sudden change in Dr Jekyll’s behaviour. The word ‘struck’ shows that Hyde’s appearance has changed Dr Jekyll’s behaviour instantly.

Question 17

Social and historical context of dr jekyll?

Answer 17

In the Victorian era, scientists were viewed with some superstition and their discoveries, in some cases, were seen as un-Godly. Charles Darwin’s The Origins of the Species was published in 1859. This book became famous as it discussed the theory of evolution. Many people saw it as an attack on religion because the book made many of the Bible’s teachings impossible. Therefore, many people thought scientists were untrustworthy and engaged in doing the ‘devil’s work.’