Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
María Muñiz 2º A/B IES Cristo del Rosario – Zafra (Badajoz) 23/03/14
Information about the book: Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Author: Robert Loius Stevenson Publishing house: Macmillan Main characters: - Dr. Henry Jekyll: he is a rich man and a scientific, he is a large man with a handsome and smooth face, aged fifty. He is very rich so he spent all his time studying in his laboratory. He lives in Cavendish Square; London. - Mr Hyde: He is “the bad part of Dr Jekyll”, he is evil, bad and ugly. He doesn´t matter if he hurts someone, he is a killer and he lives with Dr Jekyll. - J.G. Utterson: he is a lawyer, he is a tall and thin man his face was pale and his hair was silver. He was kind, intelligent and he has very good friends like Mr Enfield. He will be the one that will help Dr Jekyll. He lives near the centre of London. - Mr Enfield: He is a very good friend of Mr Utterson and a lawyer, too. He is the one that tells Utterson the strange story of Mr Hyde. He lives in London too. - Dr Lanyon: he is a doctor and a friend of Dr Jekyll, after Dr Jekyll´s party he become looks ill and sad. He has a disagreement with Dr Jekyll and he won´t to see him more. Later Dr Lanyon dies. - Poole: he is a servant of Dr Jekyll, he lives with him. He will help Utterson to discover what is goin on with Mr Hyde and Dr Jekyll.
Summary: Dr Henry Jekyll is a rich scientific and he discovers the way to separate the bad and the good parts of the persons. He becomes in Mr. Hyde his bad part, Mr Hyde causes a lot of problems and he kills Sir Davers Carew. Utterson, a good friend of Jekyll, notice that something strange is going on and he is going to discover it. With the help of Dr Lanyon and his letter, Utterson discovers that Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are the same person and Dr Jekyll was becoming adictt to become in Mr Hyde. Dr Jekyll thinks that the only way to stop Mr Hyde is killing himself and so he did. Personal opinion: This is a classic and a very good story. Its very interesting because it keeps you inside the story all the time. I would like to read more books like this one. Vocabulary chart: Word
Meaning
Sentence
lawyer
abogado
My father is a lawyer
narrow
estrecha
This street is very narrow I can’t pass it
towards me
hacia mi
I was very scared because he was coming towards me
injured
herida
I hurt, now I have an injured
signature
firma
Put your signature here, please
will
testamento
Your will is safe with me
to harm
dañar
Are you harm?
to sigh
suspirar
He sighed when he was speaking about her
sheet
sábana
Pick up the dirty sheet
fit
en forma
He looks fit and handsome
indoors
dentro
She stayed indoors too much
powder
polvo
There was an strange powder on the table
tray
bandeja
I hadn´t any tray to put on the food