Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

Hyde

Literature Guide

Class: 9th B

DATE: April 20th, 2020

Chapter 1 Story of the Door

Chapter 2 Search for Mr. Hyde

Chapter 3 Dr. Jekyll was Quite at Ease

TASKS

CHAPTER 1: “The mysterious door” and answer the following questions:

a) The first chapter starts describing the novel’s main character. What do we know about him?
Complete the following chart:

Name: Mr Utterson

Job: lawyer

Personality: He has a rugged countenance, who never smiled. He was cold, scanty
and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dust,
dreary, austere and yet lovable

Hobbies and way of life: He is passionate about working, rading and talking

b) Say if the following statements are true or false.

1. Mr. Utterson’s best friend was a distant cousin called Richard Enfield.

True, “His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his
affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object. Hence, no
doubt, the bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man
about town.

2. They are friends because they are really similar to each other.

True, “No doubt the feast was east to Mr. Utterson; for he was undemonstrative at the best, and
even his friendship seemed to be founded in a similar catholicity of good nature.

False, “His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest”. They
were friends because they were cousins

3. Mr. Enfield tells Utterson a strange story. A mysterious building with a dusty door reminds him of
this story.

True, “´Did you ever remark that door? ` he asked; and when his companion had replied in
affirmative ´it is connected in my mind,` added he, ´with a very odd story` “

4. The facts Enfield recalls happened at day light with crowded streets.

False, “-street after street, all lighted p as if for a procession and all as empty as a church-“
“Three o`clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there
was literally nothing to be seen but lamps.

5. Mr. Enfield explains that a man and a child bumped into each other and the man calmly walked all
over the child’s body with heavy boots.

False, “The tow ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the
horrible part of the thing; for then man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her
screaming” pg 50

6. That man was short and had a very evil look.

True, “He was small and very plainly dressed and the look of him, even at that distance, went
somehow strongly against the watcher’s inclination.” Pg. 60

7. Mr. Enfield scared him and made him run away.

False, “He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it
brought out the sweat on me like running” (Mr. Enfield talking) pg. 50. On the contrary, Mr. Hyde
almost mad Mr. Enfield run away.

8. The girl was obviously injured after the incident.

True “The tow ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible
part of the thing; for then man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming” pg.
50. It is obvious that she was injured because of the fact that a grown man stepped on her.

9. Everybody took a violent dislike to the short man.

False, “I gave a view halloa, took my heels, collared my gentleman, and brought him back to
where there was already quite a group about the screaming girl.” Pg 50
 10. The man agrees to hundred pounds for the child’s family if the incident isn’t made public.

True, “Well we screwed him up to a hundred pounds for the child’s family. “pg. 51

11. The cheque he gave was not signed by himself but by a very well-known person.

True, “ He went in, and presently came back with the matter of ten pounds in gold and a cheque
for the balance on Coutts`s drawn payable to bearer and signed with the name that I can’t
mention, though it’s one of the points of my story, but it was a name at least very well-known and
often printed.” Pg. 51

12. The strange man didn’t want to tell his real name.

True, “Im naturally helpless. No gentlemen but wishes to avoid a scene.” said Mr. Hyde.

CHAPTER 2 SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE

1. Describe the reason that Dr. Lanyon became estranged from Dr. Jekyll. What does this indicate
about Lanyon’s character?

Dr Lanyon became estranged from Dr. Jekyll because he started going crazy and every time the
gathered around the started fighting about science. Also, he worried to much about appearances
and he didn’t want to be seen with someone insane. This tells us that he is very hypocrite and
false.

“But it is more than ten years since Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me. He began to go wrong,
wrong in mind; and though of course I continue to take an interest in him for old sake`s sake, as
they say, I see and I have seen devilish little of the man. Such unscientific balderdash”

2. Why is Utterson so obsessed with images from Enfield’s story about Hyde that he cannot sleep?

Utterson was obsessed with the images from Enfield`s story because he really wants to know who
Mr. Hyde is because of the way Enfield described him. His imagination hasn’t been able to create
an image of such an ugly and deformed man. Finally, because he believes Mr. Hyde poses a threat
for his friend Dr Jekyll.

3. Once Utterson confronts Hyde, how does he feel toward him? What reasons does Utterson give for
his feelings about Hyde?

Utterson feels disgust towards Mr. Hyde and sees him like someone repulsive and “hardly
human”, saying he has Satan`s signature in his face.

“Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable
malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself with a sort of murderous mixture
 of timidity and boldness… all these where points against him but not all these together could
explain the hitherto unknown disgust, loathing and fear with which Mr. Utterson regarded him.”

4. In Utterson’s response to Hyde, what does Stevenson tell us about Hyde?

In Utterson`s respond to Hyde, we can see how reserved, awkward and private he is. It looks like
he doesn’t like to interact with Utterson because of his way of acting.

“The other snarled aloud into a savage laugh; and the next moment with extraordinary quickness,
he had unlocked the door and disappeared into the house.” Pg. 61.

5. Why doesn’t Stevenson ever tell us what Hyde’s face looks like?

The author never tells us how Mr. Hydes face looks like because it allows the readers imagination
to create an appearance for the character by just describing general features and stating how
disturbing and disgusting he is.

6. Describe the appearance of the street and house in which Dr. Jekyll lives. What can we infer about
Dr. Jekyll from this setting?

The house is described as “having an air of wealth and comfort” and we can infer that Dr Jekyll is
wealthy and has enough money to afford a house like that. Also, I believe someone’s home
portraits the owner, therefore we can say Dr. Jekyll is someone nice and welcoming.

7. Utterson’s speculation on Jekyll’s connection to Hyde makes him reflect on his own vices and
failings. What could Stevenson be implying about human nature in Utterson’s reflection?

In Utterson`s reflection we are able to see how the author tries to express how we as human
beings always making mistakes and doing things we might regret in the future. We all have done
good and bad things but what Stevenson is trying to state is that we all have a dark side.

CHAPTER THREE “THE CAREW MURDER” AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. What terrible incident happens just one year later?

There was a crime in a lane in which a man was murdered by Mr. Hyde.

2. Who is the witness?

The witness of this crime is a maid who was in her room

3. Why does the servant girl recognize Mr Hyde?

The servant recognizes Mr. Hyde since he once visited his master, and she disliked him.

4. How does Hyde murder his victim?

 Mr. Hyde hit the man with his cane and then trampled him.

5. What time does the murder take place?

The murder takes place at about eleven in the evening

6. What is the servant girl’s reaction?

The servant’s reaction to the murder was fainting

7. What weapon does the murderer use?

The murderer used his cane.

8. What does the victim carry with him?

The victim was carrying a purse, a gold watch and a sealed and stamped envelope which bore the name
and address of Mr. Utterson

9. Why do the police contact Utterson after Mr Carew’s murder?

The police contacted Utterson because of the envelope they found with Mr. Carew.

10. Utterson identifies the body. Who does he say is the dead person?

Utterson says Sir Danvers Carew is the dead man.

11. Where do the police and Utterson go together?

They go to Mr. Hyde´s house to see if he is in there.

12. What two objects at Mr Hyde’s house show that he is the murderer?

The two objects that show Mr. Hyde was the murderer where the burnt cheque book and the other half
of the stick. (The other one was found in the lane next to the murder scene)

13. In what sense the outside and the inside of Mr. Hyde’s home differ?

Mr. Hydes home was very different since from the outside it seemed ugly and not good, but in the inside
it was well furnished with good taste, there were good pictures on the walls, the was a wine closet,
among other things that despite the mess in the room, was pretty good.

DATE: April 27th, 2020

Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case

1) c

2) e

3) a

4) b

5) f

6) g

7) d

b. Analise this quote:

“And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing
the cane, and carrying on (as the maid described it) like a madman.”

1) What does this quote suggest/reveal?

This quote reveals that the man they are describing is very aggressive, impulsive and reckless.

2) What are the key words in the quote and what are their effect?
 The key words are sudden, anger, stamping and madman. They have a negative effect because they
describe how cruel the crime.

3) What do you think Stevenson’s message/intention was? Can you find any links to context and
themes?

Stevenson´s intention with this part of the book is to make clear how the murder was and show the
violence in order to make Mr. Hyde’s character more despicable. We can appreciate themes like violence
and human nature.

CHAPTER 5: Read “The death of a friend” and answer the following questions:

a. Complete the text with the names of the following characters (they can be used more than
once):Chapter 5: Incident of the Letter

Utterson, Hyde, Lanyon, Jekyll

Time passed but there was no sign of Mr. Hyde. The police tried to arrest him, but
he had just disappeared. Dr. Jekyll was calmer, and he invited his friends to his
house, he was at peace with himself and the world. In January, however, his
attitude changed, and he refused to see visitors. Mr. Utterson decided to talk
about this with Lanyon but the doctor had changed completely: his face was grey
and thin and he looked old and sick.

Besides, he refused to talk about Dr. Jekyll but didn’t want to explain why. Then,
Mr. Utterson wrote a letter to Dr. Jekyll to know why the two doctors were no
longer friendly. The reply was long and not easy to understand.

Finally, Dr. Lanyon died but he left a letter to Mr. Utterson. The envelope said,
“not to be opened until the death or disappearance of Dr. Jekyll”.
 b. Why doesn’t Utterson read Dr Lanyon’s letter even if he is really worried about Jekyll?

Utterson doesn’t read Dr Laynon´s letter because of professional honor and faith to his dead
friend.

“A great curiosity came on the trustee, to disregard the prohibition and dive at once to the
bottom of these mysteries; but professional honors and faith to his dead friend were stringent
obligations; and the packet slept in the inmost corner of his private safe.” Pg 84

c. He asks Pool about his master, Jekyll. What is the servant’s answer?

Poole says Dr. Jekyll is acting very different and not like he usually does, he was thoughtful and
unmotivated.

“The doctor, it appeared, now more than ever confined himself to the cabinet over the
laboratory, where he would sometimes even sleep; he was out of his spirits, he had grown very
silent, he did not read; it seemed as if he had something on his mind” pg 84

d. Dr. Jekyll is a changed man when Utterson greets him in this chapter compared to the last time
Utterson saw him. What accounts for this change?

In this chapter Dr. Jekyll is acting very weird and mysterious. He doesn’t want to talk to his
friends and according to what Poolie says he isn’t him anymore. In previous chapters he was
more welcoming and charismatic. He is obviously hiding something important from Mr. Utterson
and that might be affecting him at some point.

e. What lesson do you think Jekyll has learned?

I think Dr. Jekyll learned to trust his true friends more and to allow the people that truly care
about him to help him.

DATE: May 4th, 2020

CHAPTER 6: Remarkable Incident of Doctor Lanyon

a. Draw a chart including the themes explored in this chapter and cite quotes or symbols.
Loyalty and friendship In this chapter it is portraited the “A great curiosity came on the
loyalty of Utterson towards his trustee, to disregard the
friends. Not only during the time prohibition and dive at once to
his friend Laynon is dying he the bottom of this mysteries; but
visited him, he also didn’t let the professional honor and faith to
curiousness defeat him and he his dead friend where stringent
didn’t open the envelope. Finally, obligations; and the packet slept
with Dr. Jekyll, he writes him in the inmost corner of his
worried and continues to go to private safe”
his house (less times) even
though he isn’t allowed in.
Suspense We as readers want to know The symbol that builds up the
what the envelope says and why suspense is the envelope and the
it can not be opened until Dr. fact that he isn’t allowed to open
Jekyll is dead or has disappeared. it until Dr. Jekyll is dead or has
It leaves us with many doubts. disappeared.
Mystery Laynon, his death and how he
Lynons attitude enhances the talked about Dr. Jekyll.
mystery of what may have been “I`ve had a shock and I shall
the shock that was so strong as to never recover”
affect his health and to state Dr. “I wish to to hear or see no more
Jekyll is dead to him. of Dr. Jekyll,- he said in a loud
unsteady voice- I am quite done
with that person; and I beg that
you will spare me any allusion to
one whom I regard as dead”

b. Label the rooms:

 Sitting
room
hall

courtyard

kitchen
laboratory

CHAPTER 7: Incident at the Window

a) Where do Utterson and his cousin happen to pass through one day?

Utterson and Enfield passed through the by-street and “the door”.

“It chanced on Sunday, when Mr. Utterson was on his usual walk with Mr. Enfield, that their way lay once
again through the by-street; and that when they came in front of the door, both stopped to gaze on it” pg 85

b) What does Utterson suggest?

Utterson suggest to step in the court in order to take a look at the windows.

“But if that be so, we may step into the court and take a look at the windows. To tell you the truth I am
uneasy about poor Jekyll; and even outside I feel as if a presence of a friend might do him good” pg 85

c) At an open window of the study above the laboratory they see Jekyll. How does he say he feels?

Jekyll says he is in very bad conditions and feels like he is going to die soon

“I’m very low Utterson- replied the doctor drearily- very low. I will not last long” pg 86

d) What happens after Jekyll says “That’s an excellent idea”?

He smiles and then suddenly his expression changes to absolute fear.

“before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and
despair” pg 86

Then they both leave as scared as Jekyll.

DATE: May 11th

CHAPTER 8: The Last Night

a. Answer the following questions:

a) Why did Poole visit Utterson after dinner?

Poole visited Utterson after dinner to tell him he was afraid because he thought there had been a foul play.

b) Describe the atmosphere in the street that night.

It was a cold, quiet and lonely night, very windy and with a pale moon. The street is described as unusually
“deserted” for that part of London and it was very hard to speak because of the wind.

c) When they arrived, the hall was full of people. Who were they? And why were they all together?

The people in the hall where all the servants, men and women and they were all together because they were
scared like Poole.

“The hall, when they entered it, was brightly lighted up; the fire was built high and about the hearth the
whole of the servants, man and woman should huddled together like a flock of sheep. At the sight of Mr.
Utterson ran forward as if to take him in her arms.” Pg. 89

“ -They’re all afraid- said poole”

d) What is the voice that comes from the room like?

The voice was very pale, and nothing like Dr. Jekylls voice.

e) What is Poole’s suspicion?

Poolee´s suspicion is that Dr. Jekyll was murdered.

f) How did Dr. Jekyll give orders to the servants this week?

He wrote it on a sheet of paper and threw it on the stairs

g) What did he ask for in the notes?

For a pure drug desperately needed

h) Who did Poole see when the study was open?

Poole saw who was supposed to be Dr. Jekyll but he was wearing a mask and he ran from Poole as soon as he
saw him. Poole believes he wasn’t really Dr. Jekyll because of his height.

i) What do Utterson and Poole decide to do?

Mr. Utterson and Poole decide to go into the room and figure out what is really going on with Mr. Jekyll.
“Poole, here, and I are going to force our way into the cabinet.” Pg. 95

j) Who did they find when they broke into the room? In what state was he?

When they broke into the room they found Edward Hyde, and he was in the floor twitching and in really bad
conditions. Utterson knew they had found him too late, there was nothing to be done.

k) Did they find Dr Jekyll?

No, they weren’t able to find him in the places he could`ve been hidden if he was murdered.

l) In the room they also found a large packet addressed to Mr. Utterson with three envelopes. What was the
content of the three letters?

One of the letters had the will which stated that everything Dr. Jekyll had was now going to be Utterson´s.
The other one said he needed to read what was in the third envelope, which was the one Laynon left him to
read after both Jekyll and Laynon where dead.

CHAPTER 9: Doctor Lanyon's Narrative

In this chapter, Stevenson finally unveils the novel’s mystery. Can you explain it briefly?

b) The secret is revealed when Utterson reads the letter that Dr. Lanyon has sent him.

Here is a short version of this letter. Try to fill in the blacks with the words provided:

Fear letter liquid murderer powders

evil hate appearance knock favour

unknown book shook chemical danger

Dear Utterson,

Four days ago, I received a letter from Dr Jekyll. It was surprising. He asked me a

favour: that very same night I should go to his house and get some packets of chemical powders, a
small bottle and a book from his study.

He also said that before midnight I would receive a visit from a man who would collect everything. He
CHAPTER 10: Jekyll's Full Statement

Are these sentences true or false?

a) As a young man, Jekyll was already a very successful scientist

True, “I was born in the year 18- to be large fortune, I endowed beside with excellent parts, inclined by
nature to industry, find of the respect of the wise and good among my fellowmen, in thus, as might have been
supposed, every guarantee of a honorable, distinguished future.”

b) But he also was a fun-loving young man-about-town.

False, “and Indeed the worst of my faults was a certain impatient gaiety of disposition, such as has made the
happiness of many, but such as I found hard reconcile with imperious desire to carry my head high, and wear
a more than commonly grave continence before the public”

c) He was not worried at all about his double personality.

False, “If each, I told myself, could be housed separated identities, life would be relieved of all that was
unbearable; the unjust might go his way, delivered from the aspirations and remorse of his more upright
twin; and did just could walk steadfastly And securely on his upward path, doing the good things in which he
found his pleasure, and no longer exposed to disgrace and penitence by the hands of these extraneous evil.”
Pg.112

d) He studied a way to separate the two personalities living in him

True,” I was so far in my reflections when, as I have said, he side light began to shine upon the subject from
the laboratory table. I began to perceive more deeply than it had ever yet been stated, the trembling
immateriality, the mist like transience, of the seemingly so solid body in which we walk attired. Certain
agents I found to have the power to shake and plug back that fleshy basement even as a wind might toss the
curtains of a pavilion” PG. 112

“But managed to compound a drug by which these powers should be dethroned from their supremacy, and a
second form and countenance substituted, nonetheless natural to me because they were the expression, and
bore the stamp of lower elements in my soul” pg. 112

e) On a stormy night, his two personalities separated after a lightning reached him.

False, Dr. Jekyll made a potion and drank it. The potion was the result of his studies; therefore, he was
expecting it to happen.

“I compounded the elements, watched them boil and smoke together in the glass, and when the ebullition
had subsided, with a strong glow of courage, drank the potion. “

f) Both Jekyll’s personalities were physically identical. It was impossible to distinguish one from the other.

False, they were very different.

“I felt younger, lighter, happier in body” pg. 113

“The evil side of my nature, to which I had now transferred the stamping efficacy, was less robust and less
developed than the good which I had just disposed” pg. 114

“Edward Hyde was much more smaller, slighter and younger than Henry Jekyll. Even as good shone upon the
continence of one, evil was written broadly and plainly on the face of the other” pg. 114

g) At the beginning, the good side of his character was stronger than the evil side.

True, and Dr Jekyll was in control of the situation

h) Hyde became bigger and stronger and it reached a point where he appeared without Jekyll drinking the
drug.

True, “yes, I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde” pg.118

i) Jekyll was afraid of his alter ego Mr. Hyde.

True, “My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring. I was conscious, even when I took the draught, of a
more unbridled a more furious propensity to ill” pg. 121

“It was no longer the fear of the gallows, it was the horror of being Hyde racked me.” Pg. 126

J) Dr. Jekyll wrote his confession under the appearance of Mr. Hyde.
 False, “About a week has passed, and I am now finishing this statement under the influence of the last of the
old powers. This, then, is the last time, short of miracle, that Henry Jekyll can think his own thoughts or see
his own face.” Pg. 129

K) Dr. Jekyll felt he was about to die while he wrote his confession and he didn’t know what was going to
happen to Hyde.

True, “Will Hyde die upon the scaffold? Or will he find courage to release himself at the last moment? God
knows; I am careless; this is my true hour of death, and what is to follow concerns another than myself”
pg.130

TO BEAR IN MIND…

● These activities should be answered each date as it is described in the text. The teacher will decide which items will
be graded.
● There will be only one general exam once all activities are finished. May 18th, 2020
● At the end of the term each student should present a Vocabulay Journal to show the new words learnt.