Tuesday 31 July 2012

Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde questions

 First Part
1. What story does Enfield tell when he and Utterson pass the door? What does hearing the story cause Utterson to do?
 Enfield tells to Utterson a story related to a neglected building whose door makes him shiver. Once, he was strollling across the city as always, when suddlenly he saw a man hitting a girl he did not even know in front of that door. Mr. Enfield and the girl's relatives stopped the man and required him to pay £100 for the damages caused. The man's ugliness  was desproportionate, recalling devil itself.The girl's father and Mr. Enfield went to the devil-man's so he get the money and pay for his agression. However, this man, who was called Mr. Hyde, comes back with cheque that had a different name on, so they thought he was blackmailing the person tha actually wrote the cheque. Utterson follows the story closely so he decides to investigate.
2. After their meeting, what do Enfield and Utterson both suspect about the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde? what evidence does the text give for this suspicion?
 Both Enfield and Utterson suspect that Jekyll may owe something to Hyde, and that is why the latter would have had the suspicious cheque. They both strongly believe that there is something wrong in the relationship that Jekyll and Hyde maintain. But, there are other theories that pop up while both men, Utterson and Enfield talk, on page 4, the latter states that maybe Hyde is blackmaling Jekyll fo some reason.

3. What two pieces of information dos Utterson learn about Hyde's letter to Jekyll? What do you predict that Utterson will do to help his old friend, who he suspects is in serious trouble? Justify your answer on the basis of evidence from the text.Utterson learns that the letter had been written by the same hand and, besides, opposite to what Jekyll said, it was not taken to Jekyll by a messager. Hyde was supposed to be safe and able to escape.


Second Part

1. What happens to Dr. Lanyon at the beginning of this section? What suspicions do you have about the cause of this occurrence?
 Lanyon was shocked by his regular visits to Dr. Jekyll's. He had grown pale, his flesh had fallen away, and he was visibly balder and older. Terror had deep-seated on hismind, so he suspected was close to die.