Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Study Guide Rated A+
Ch. 1: Briefly identify Mr. Utterson. ✔️✔️A lawyer. Very conservative, trustworthy, shy, capable of
long term relationships, nonjudgemental, and reserved.
Ch.1: Briefly identify Mr. Richard Enfield. ✔️✔️Mr. Utterson's distant relative. *Opposite of Mr.
Utterson.* Conservative but social. Concerned citizen, active member of High Society. Takes long walks
with Mr. Utterson on Sundays.
Ch. 1: Find an example of an allusion in the first paragraph. In what way might this allusion relate to the
story line? ✔️✔️"I incline to Cain's heresy" - original sin. Battle of good vs. evil. Mark of Cain- Hyde
feels evil
Ch. 1: Find an example of a simile in the description of a London neighborhood. ✔️✔️"The street
shone out in contrast to its dingy neighborhood, *like a fire in a forest*."
Ch. 1: What triggers Enfield's strange story? ✔️✔️The door.
Ch. 1: Define "Juggernaut."
Why does Enfield compare Mr. Hyde's actions to a Juggernaut? ✔️✔️A powerful force often used in
reference to airplanes. He says Mr. Hyde wasn't like a man because he runs the girl over.
Ch. 1: Why do Enfield and the doctor attending the child decide to extract a punishment from Mr. Hyde,
even though the child is not seriously injured? What is the punishment? ✔️✔️They all had a desire to
kill him and had a hatred towards him at first meeting. *Evil is in everyone and Mr. Hyde brings it out of
them.* They got 100 pounds from Mr. Hyde so they would not create a scandal and ruin his reputation
(reputation was very important).
Ch. 1: Define "apocryphal."
Why does Enfield accompany the man to the bank to cash the check? ✔️✔️Counterfeit.
He thinks the check is forged.
, Ch. 1: Why does Enfield refer to the house as Black Mail House? ✔️✔️He thinks whoever signed it is
being blackmailed by Hyde.
Ch. 1: What is unusual in Mr. Enfield's description of Mr. Hyde? ✔️✔️He thinks he's deformed but
can't describe why.
Ch. 1: Why do you suppose Mr. Utterson is concerned about the fact that Mr. Hyde has a key to the
residence? ✔️✔️He suspects, like Mr. Enfield, that the person (Jekyll) is being blackmailed.
Ch. 1: What does Mr. Utterson mean when he says "your tale has gone home"? ✔️✔️It's gotten
personal. He knows the person being blackmailed.
Ch. 2: Define "holograph."
Why is this document referred to as "the lawyer's eyesore"? ✔️✔️Something that's written in the
author's own handwriting.
Not only is it strange that the majority of his wealth is left to Hyde and lets Hyde replace him, but Mr.
Utterson wasn't mentioned in the will and wasn't consulted.
Ch. 2: Briefly describe Dr. Lanyon. Why does Mr. Utterson visit him? What does he learn of Lanyon's
relationship with Jekyll? ✔️✔️A healthy middle-age man. They're old friends and Lanyon is happy to
see Mr. Utterson. He came to find out about Hyde. He learns that Dr. Lanyon and Jekyll have had a
falling out (over science, but he doesn't know that).
Ch. 2: Find an allusion in this chapter. ✔️✔️When Lanyon compares his relationship to Jekyll with
Damon and Pythias. Used to show how much the relationship was damaged.
Ch. 2: Why does Mr. Utterson want to see Mr. Hyde's face?
Why do you suppose Utterson goes to so much trouble to investigate Hyde? ✔️✔️His nightmare-
couldn't see his face and that troubled him.
He feels like if he sees Hyde's face it will help solve the mystery.
Ch. 1: Briefly identify Mr. Utterson. ✔️✔️A lawyer. Very conservative, trustworthy, shy, capable of
long term relationships, nonjudgemental, and reserved.
Ch.1: Briefly identify Mr. Richard Enfield. ✔️✔️Mr. Utterson's distant relative. *Opposite of Mr.
Utterson.* Conservative but social. Concerned citizen, active member of High Society. Takes long walks
with Mr. Utterson on Sundays.
Ch. 1: Find an example of an allusion in the first paragraph. In what way might this allusion relate to the
story line? ✔️✔️"I incline to Cain's heresy" - original sin. Battle of good vs. evil. Mark of Cain- Hyde
feels evil
Ch. 1: Find an example of a simile in the description of a London neighborhood. ✔️✔️"The street
shone out in contrast to its dingy neighborhood, *like a fire in a forest*."
Ch. 1: What triggers Enfield's strange story? ✔️✔️The door.
Ch. 1: Define "Juggernaut."
Why does Enfield compare Mr. Hyde's actions to a Juggernaut? ✔️✔️A powerful force often used in
reference to airplanes. He says Mr. Hyde wasn't like a man because he runs the girl over.
Ch. 1: Why do Enfield and the doctor attending the child decide to extract a punishment from Mr. Hyde,
even though the child is not seriously injured? What is the punishment? ✔️✔️They all had a desire to
kill him and had a hatred towards him at first meeting. *Evil is in everyone and Mr. Hyde brings it out of
them.* They got 100 pounds from Mr. Hyde so they would not create a scandal and ruin his reputation
(reputation was very important).
Ch. 1: Define "apocryphal."
Why does Enfield accompany the man to the bank to cash the check? ✔️✔️Counterfeit.
He thinks the check is forged.
, Ch. 1: Why does Enfield refer to the house as Black Mail House? ✔️✔️He thinks whoever signed it is
being blackmailed by Hyde.
Ch. 1: What is unusual in Mr. Enfield's description of Mr. Hyde? ✔️✔️He thinks he's deformed but
can't describe why.
Ch. 1: Why do you suppose Mr. Utterson is concerned about the fact that Mr. Hyde has a key to the
residence? ✔️✔️He suspects, like Mr. Enfield, that the person (Jekyll) is being blackmailed.
Ch. 1: What does Mr. Utterson mean when he says "your tale has gone home"? ✔️✔️It's gotten
personal. He knows the person being blackmailed.
Ch. 2: Define "holograph."
Why is this document referred to as "the lawyer's eyesore"? ✔️✔️Something that's written in the
author's own handwriting.
Not only is it strange that the majority of his wealth is left to Hyde and lets Hyde replace him, but Mr.
Utterson wasn't mentioned in the will and wasn't consulted.
Ch. 2: Briefly describe Dr. Lanyon. Why does Mr. Utterson visit him? What does he learn of Lanyon's
relationship with Jekyll? ✔️✔️A healthy middle-age man. They're old friends and Lanyon is happy to
see Mr. Utterson. He came to find out about Hyde. He learns that Dr. Lanyon and Jekyll have had a
falling out (over science, but he doesn't know that).
Ch. 2: Find an allusion in this chapter. ✔️✔️When Lanyon compares his relationship to Jekyll with
Damon and Pythias. Used to show how much the relationship was damaged.
Ch. 2: Why does Mr. Utterson want to see Mr. Hyde's face?
Why do you suppose Utterson goes to so much trouble to investigate Hyde? ✔️✔️His nightmare-
couldn't see his face and that troubled him.
He feels like if he sees Hyde's face it will help solve the mystery.
