DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE A Class Project
Celia Domínguez Martín 3ºA IES CRISTO DEL ROSARIO – ZAFRA (BADAJOZ) 08/03/2014
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK • • • •
Tittle: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Author: Robert Louis Stevenson. Publishing House: Burlington Books. Main Characters: - Mr Enfield: Is the man who is present when Mr Hyde hit the girl. He doesn´t appear many times in the history. - Dr Jekyll: This is tall man, He is 50 years old. He is cheerful, friendly, polite, intelligent and respectful. - Mr Hyde: He is the other personality of Dr Jekyll with which e feels younger and full of life. He is bad, aggressive and disgusting. - Dr Layion: He is a doctor friend of Dr Jekyll and Mr Utterson. He´s an old man with White mustache and short high. - Mr Utterson: e is a serious and quiet lawyer but reliable, friendly and good person. He´s Dr jekyll´s friend. He is thin and melancholy. - Poole: He is a servant of Dr Jekyll. He belongs to lower class. • Summary: This novel was written by Robert Louis Stevenson is based on the relation of Dr jekyll, a cheerful and friendly man who due to researches with chemical potions, suffers a physichological disorder that make him have two differents personalities. Jeyll and another Edward Hyde, and evil and disgusting man. At the beginning Jekyll is capable to control his two personalities, he can be Jekyll or Hyde when he wants, but tere is a momento when he can´t control it. His experiment doesn´t work anymore so e changes into Hyde and Jekyll dissapears forever. • Personal opinion: This book is very good and entertaining. The cruetly of the magic and the intrigue doesn´t leave you stop reading. I liked it ad I recommend it to readers.
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VOCABULARY: WORD
MEANING
SENTENCE
Lawyer Courtyhard
Abogado Plazoleta
Collided
Chocaron
Blackmail Will Argue Sighed Cane Swing
Chantaje Testamento Discutimos Suspiró Bastón Balancear
In a mess Ashes Fear
En desorden Cenizas Temor
Despite Will not last long Someone else Hatchet Own Locksmith Grabbed Wild Pains Jaw Pround of Concern
A pesar de No durará mucho Otra persona Hacha Propio Cerrajero Se agarró Violentó Dolores Mandíbula Orgulloso de Afecta
Mr Utterson was a quiet, serious lawyer They passed an old building next to a dark courtyhard The two of them collided at the corner and the girl fell to the ground But I suspect that it was blackmail Inside the envelope there was a will We always argue about scientific questions Utterson sighed. Mr Hyde had a heavy cane in is hand He became angry and began to swing his cane in the air But everythings was in a mess Drawers, were open and there were ashes Mr Utterson forgot his fear and stopped worrying Despite its instructions But it will not last long That someone else is now in his room! Poole took a hatchet Utterson saw his own name Poole will be there with a locksmith But he grabbed the table and held it I also wanted to be wild and bad I inmmediately had terrible pains I had much more prominent jaw I was very pround of myself What happens to yde does not concern me
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