Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Stage 4

Before Reading

ChApTers 5 And 6 whIlE READING

Before reading activities (page 76)

ACTIVITY 1 BEFORE READING

Encourage students to speculate and to make

guesses but do not tell them the answers. The yes
endings are 1a, 1b, 2b, 3a.
ACTIVITY 2 BEFORE READING

Open answers. Encourage students to consider and

explain the attractions and drawbacks of changing
into their chosen person.

Before reAdIng ChApTer 7

While Reading

Encourage students to speculate on possible

solutions to the mystery. Some students may
already know, or have guessed, the nature of the
relationship between Jekyll and Hyde, but do not
tell them if they guess rightly. Sentences 1 and 5 are
correct, though sentences 2 and 4 are also true in a
way, as students will find out in later chapters.

ChApTers 1 And 2 whIlE READING

1 F The child that Mr Hyde walked over was more

frightened than hurt.
2 T
3 T
4 F Mr Utterson first heard of Mr Hyde in Dr Jekylls
will.
5 F Dr Jekylls will left everything to his friend
Edward Hyde.
6 F Dr Lanyon did not agree with Dr Jekylls
scientific ideas.
7 T
8 F Dr Jekyll told Mr Utterson very little about Mr
Hyde.

ChApTer 7 whIlE READING

1 He heard a voice that was not his masters,

somebody walking up and down the study day and
night, and once he heard the person weeping.
2 The dead body of Mr Hyde.
3 Dr Jekylls will, a short note in the doctors
handwriting, and a third, large envelope.
4 The first was that the will left all Dr Jekylls
money to Mr Utterson, not Edward Hyde; and the
second surprising thing was that Mr Hyde had not
destroyed this will.
5 It asked Mr Utterson to go home and read Dr
Lanyons letter, and then to read Dr Jekylls
confession.

ChApTers 3 And 4 whIlE READING

1 Mr Utterson, to himself, about the stick belonging

to Dr Jekyll, which was used by Mr Hyde to murder
Sir Danvers Carew.
2 Mr Hydes servant, to Mr Utterson and the police
inspector, about Mr Hyde.
3 The police inspector, to Mr Utterson, about Edward
Hyde, who would not be able to escape because the
police now had the murder weapon and his cheque
book.
4 Mr Utterson, to Dr Jekyll, about the murder of Sir
Danvers Carew.
5 Dr Jekyll, to Mr Utterson, about Mr Hyde.
6 Dr Jekyll, to Mr Utterson, about the letter he had
received from Mr Hyde.
7 Mr Utterson, to Dr Jekyll, about Mr Hydes plan to
murder Dr Jekyll.
8 Mr Utterson, to Poole (Dr Jekylls servant), about
the letter from Mr Hyde, and the person who
brought it to the house.
9 Mr Guest, to Mr Utterson, about the handwriting of
the letters written by Dr Jekyll and by Mr Hyde.

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activities answers

The police could not find (arrest) Mr Hyde because

he had disappeared. For two months things seemed
normal, and then Dr Jekyll suddenly refused to see
visitors. Dr Lanyon became ill (sick), and told Mr
Utterson not to speak (say) Dr Jekylls name in his
house. Then Dr Lanyon died and left Mr Utterson an
envelope, which was not to be opened until the death
or disappearance of Dr Jekyll. One day Mr Utterson
saw Dr Jekyll at his window, and the expression (look)
of hopelessness on his friends face upset (worried)
him deeply.

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In January Dr Lanyon received a letter from Dr Jekyll,
asking him to collect some chemicals, a bottle, and a
book from Dr Jekylls house and to give these things
to a man who would come to his home at midnight.
At midnight a strange, evil-looking man arrived, and
after he had mixed the chemicals and a liquid in a
glass, he invited Dr Lanyon to stay and experience
something unknown to science. Then the stranger
drank the liquid and changed into Dr Jekyll in front of
Dr Lanyons eyes.

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ChApTer 8 whIlE READING

ChApTer 9 whIlE READING

ACTIVITY 3 AFTER READING

activities answers

1 Because he wanted to let his fun-loving side enjoy

himself, while his serious side got on with his
important work.
2 Because Hyde was pure evil.
3 Because Jekylls good self and his evil self were
fighting for his mind and body and his evil self
was winning.
4 Because he missed Hyde, and his life as Jekyll
seemed impossibly dull and boring.
5 Because one day in the park he suddenly changed
into Hyde, and could not get back into his house or
laboratory to get the drug.
6 Because he always woke up as Hyde.
7 Because as Hyde he was wanted by the police for the
murder of Sir Danvers Carew, and if he was caught,
his punishment would be death.
8 Because the first chemicals he used were not
completely pure; they had something else that made
the drug effective, but nobody knew what it was.

5 DR Lanyon: Well, Jekyll, I havent seen you for

weeks. Whats made you so busy?
3 DR JekyLL: Im working on a rather exciting idea
something that will change all our lives, and
make us free!
11 DR Lanyon: Free? What on earth are you talking
about, Jekyll?
9 DR JekyLL: Havent you ever wanted to separate the
two sides of your character, and change from one
to the other?
1 DR Lanyon: No, not at all. Im perfectly happy as I
am.
7 DR JekyLL: Well, Im not. And soon I shall be able
to give each side of my character its own separate
face and body.
4 DR Lanyon: And how, exactly, do you plan to do
that?
2 DR JekyLL: By taking a drug which I have made.
8 DR Lanyon: A drug? This is imaginative rubbish,
Jekyll. Completely unscientific, and a dangerous
idea, too.
10 DR JekyLL: Nonsense, Lanyon. Its a wonderful
idea. People will be able to enjoy two quite
different lives.
6 DR Lanyon: I dont want to discuss this. I think you
must be mad, Jekyll. Go away and do something
sensible.

After Reading
ACTIVITY 1 AFTER READING

Dr Jekyll was tall, with a kindly, handsome face. He

was a doctor, who lived a serious, studious life, and
people liked him because he was a good and generous
man. As his character became weaker, his feelings of
fear and horror towards Hyde grew greater, and in the
end he lost control of him.
Mr Hyde was short, with a cruel, ugly face. He was
a criminal, who lived a wild, irresponsible life, and
people disliked him because he was an evil and violent
man. As his character became stronger, his feelings of
hate and jealousy towards Jekyll grew greater, and in
the end he took control of him.

ACTIVITY 4 AFTER READING

Students can complete this how they like. Possible

answers:
PoLiCe: What did you find when you broke into the
study?
MR UtteRson: I found the body of Mr Hyde, dressed
in Dr Jekylls clothes, on the study floor.
PoLiCe: You say that Mr Hyde is wearing Dr Jekylls
clothes. What do you think has happened to Dr
Jekyll?
MR UtteRson: I think Mr Hyde has murdered him.
PoLiCe: But wheres the body? What did he do with it?
MR UtteRson: Perhaps he cut it up and burnt it on
the fire.
PoLiCe: But then he stayed here in the study. Why?
MR UtteRson: I think he was looking for Dr Jekylls
will, because he wanted to destroy it.
PoLiCe: Why would he want to destroy Dr Jekylls
will?
MR UtteRson: Because it leaves everything to me and
there was an earlier will, which left everything to
Mr Hyde.
PoLiCe: Mm. I see. And why did he kill himself?
MR UtteRson: He was trapped in the study and he
knew that if the police caught him, his punishment
for the murder of Sir Danvers Carew would be
death.

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ACTIVITY 2 AFTER READING

1 Mr Enfield was Mr Uttersons friend and cousin. He

met Mr Hyde one winters night, when Mr Hyde
hurt a child in the street. He then saw Mr Hyde let
himself into the mysterious building and come out
with a cheque with Dr Jekylls name on it.
2 Poole was Dr Jekylls servant. He was afraid that
Mr Hyde had murdered Dr Jekyll and was in Dr
Jekylls study. He fetched Mr Utterson, and the two
men broke into the study and found the body of Mr
Hyde.
3 Dr Lanyon was an old friend of Dr Jekyll. He saw
Mr Hyde only once, when he came to his house to
collect some chemicals, and changed into Dr Jekyll
in front of his very eyes.
4 Mr Utterson was a lawyer. He knew Mr Hydes
name from Dr Jekylls will, and he once met Mr
Hyde near Dr Jekylls house. The next time he saw
him, Mr Hyde was lying dead in Dr Jekylls study.

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poLiCe: Well, if all this is true, the world has lost a

good man and an evil one. Thank you for your help,
Mr Utterson.
ACTIVITY 5 AFTER READING

Police were called late last night to the home of Dr

Jekyll. The doctors lawyer, Mr Utterson, and his
servant Poole had discovered the body of Edward
Hyde in the doctors study. Hyde, who had killed
himself by taking poison, was wanted for the murder
of Sir Danvers Carew.
Police in London are looking (searching) for the body
of the scientist Dr Henry Jekyll, who has now been
missing for several days. They believe that the doctor
has been murdered by Mr Edward Hyde, whose body,
dressed in clothes which (that) belonged to the doctor,
was found last night, lying in Dr Jekylls study.
Students can invent whatever headlines they like,
but headlines for the first passage should focus
on Hyde, and for the second on Jekyll. Suitable
headlines might be:
First paragraph:
muRdeReRs body found in doCtoRs study
kiLLeR hyde dead fRom poison
Second paragraph:
weLL-known sCientist disappeaRs
seaRCh Continues foR missinG body of dR JekyLL
ACTIVITY 6 AFTER READING

Open answers. Encourage students to point out

which titles are more appropriate than others, and
to think of some more of their own.
ACTIVITY 7 AFTER READING

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Open answers. Encourage discussion.

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