Dr jekyll and mr hyde maria muñiz 2º b

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