Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde A class Project
Marta Jiménez 2ºC/D IES Cristo del Rosario – Zafra (Badajoz)
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TITLE: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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AUTHOR: Robert Louis Stevenson. He was born in Edinburgh on November 13, 1850. He was a novelist, poet and essayist Scottish. He was an ill child, so he only was fourty-four when he died. Robert travelled through Europe and North America. His wife, Fanny, got divorced from her husband and she got married Robert in San Francisco in 1880. He is best known as the author of some of the fantastic and classic adventure stories of children's literature, Treasure Island, the black arrow or The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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PUBLISHING HOUSE: MacMillan Readers.
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MAIN CHARACTERS: Dr Henry Jekyll: He was a rich man. He spent all his time studying medical and scientific problems in his laboratory, because he was a scientist. He lived a big house near Cavendish Square. Mr Edward Hyde: He was a small man. His ordinary face was rough or ugly, but there was something evil in that face. His clothes were too large for him. His voice was low and rough. J.G. Utterson: He was a lawyer. He was a tall, thin man. His face was pale and the colour of his hair was silver. He always wore a white shirt and a black suit. He lived alone in a large house near the centre of London. He was a serious man, but he was kind and intelligent and had many good friends, like Dr Jekyll. He always helped his friends. Mr Enfield: He was a friend of Mr Utterson, and they liked walk on Sundays. He told Utterson the story of Mr Hyde and the old door in the East End of London.
Dr Lanyon: He was a gentleman, friend of Mr Utterson and Dr Jekyll since childhood. Lanyon died and in his funeral wasn´t Dr Jekyll. He left all his important papers to Utterson. Sir Danvers Carew: He was a famous doctor. When he was murdered he was carrying a letter for Mr Utterson. His murder was in October 1885. Poole: He was the servant of Dr Jekyll. He told Utterson about Mr Hyde. Maud Doyle: She was another servant of Henry Jekyll. Mr Maw: He was a chemist. Poole asked him for chemicals for Dr Jekyll. At last Maw was angry and said to Poole that didn´t went to his laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Mr Utterson went for a walk with his friend Mr Enfield. He told Utterson a strange story that happened in a narrow street in the East End of London. Here appeared Mr Edward Hyde who was a strange small man, a Jekyll´s good friend. Mr Utterson started to investigate about Hyde and he discovered that Jekyll had left all his property to Edward Hyde. Utterson had not known about Hyde, so he asked for him to a friend, Dr Lanyon. He knew nothing, so Utterson asked about Hyde to Dr Jekyll. He told him he was a friend and he said him that didn´t continue to investigate on him. In October 1885 sir Danvers Carew was murdered, and the police called Mr Utterson to identify the dead man´s body. They found a letter in Carew´s hand, it was for Utterson, but it was broken. The inspector showed to Mr Utterson a walking stick, he recognized it. It was a present that he had given to Dr Jekyll on his fiftieth birthday. Then the inspector and Utterson went to Hyde´s house, but he wasn´t there.
They knew that
Hyde was the murderer of Sir Danvers Carew, so they searched everywhere for him. Utterson went to Dr Jekyll´s house and Poole took him to Jekyll´s laboratory. Utterson asked him about where is Hyde. He didn´t know and showed Utterson a piece of paper written by Edward Hyde, but it hadn´t got a postmark. Jekyll said nothing more about Hyde, so Utterson asked to Poole. He told him that anybody had come to the house to leave a message. Utterson compared the handwriting of Jekyll´s will to Hyde´s letter, the handwriting was the same.
Mr Utterson told the police that Hyde was going to Dover, but the police didn´t find him. On 8th January, Jekyll had a party and he invited Dr Lanyon and Utterson. Jekyll was happy and he laughed and talked a lot. But the happiness didn´t last, because Utterson visited Dr Jekyll´s house. Poole opened the door and said that Jekyll didn´t want to see anyone. Utterson was worried, so he wanted to talk to Dr Lanyon about Jekyll. Lanyon looked like a very old man. He was ill and sad. Dr Lanyon said Utterson that he was going to die. Utterson came back home and he wrote a note to Jekyll. The reply came from Dr Jekyll the next day. In the funeral of Lanyon there were many friends, but Henry Jekyll wasn´t there. Utterson took out all the private papers that Lanyon had left in his desk. With the papers was a private envelope for J.G. Utterson, but he couldn´t open it until the death of Henry Jekyll. On Sunday, Mr Utterson and Enfield were walking when they watched Jekyll in his window. He was talking to them, but suddenly Jekyll stopped smiling and put his hands to his face. And he closed the window. A few days later, Poole visited Utterson. He told him that Dr Jekyll didn´t leave his laboratory and that he sent notes for Mr Maw, the chemist. That morning, Poole had seen a small man into the laboratory. Utterson decide to go to Jekyll´s house and talk to him. In the laboratory there was someone and Utterson took an axe to break down the door. Poole and he saw a body lying on the floor, he was Edward Hyde. In his hand there was a bottle that said ´Poison´. Poole phoned the police and Utterson found an envelope for him. The police had taken away the body of Hyde from Jekyll´s house and now, they were looking for Dr Jekyll himself. Utterson had two documents to read. One was in the envelope of Jekyll and the other was from Lanyon. He first read Dr Lanyon´s envelope. It explained that Jekyll had asked for his help to get a chemical. He said that it was very urgently. Dr Lanyon did everything the letter said. At night, a strange small man arrived to Lanyon ´s house, he asked for the white powder and he drank it with a little water.
Then, the man´s face change and he became Jekyll. Lanyon said him that leave his house and Dr Jekyll went away. Utterson finished reading Lanyon´s document. He wanted to read the other document; it was from Dr Jekyll´s laboratory. It was Henry Jekyll´s statement. In it, Jekyll explained his scientific work and that he was Edward Hyde.
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PERSONAL OPINION: I like the book, because it has mystery and intrigue. I was scary and worried because of the situation of the protagonist. I recommend it to everyone that likes mystery and terror.
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VOCABULARY:
lawyer
abogado
pale
pálido/a
The lawyer signed the document.
Her face turned pale and she became very nervous.
carefully
cuidadosamente
He looks after them very carefully.
weekdays
días de la semana
Sunday, Thursday,
Monday, Friday
Tuesday, and
Wednesday,
Saturday
are
the
weekdays. empty
vacío
The glass was empty before I took it.
narrow
estrecho/a
My house is in that narrow street, near the church.
handwriting
escritura
He have a horrible handwriting, I can´t read what he wrote.
walking
bastón
stick powder
My grandfather has a brown walking stick to walk.
polvo
They sweep the powder of the floor of their room.
suddenly
de repente
Suddenly, the boy started to cry because he has broken his pants.
ill
enfermo/a
My dog was ill, so we phoned to the vet.
fog
niebla
Yesterday there was a lot of fog while I was
driving. shout
gritar
My mother shouts to me, because I am naughty.
knock
llamar (con los nudillos)
The police knock to our door and we run away.
upstairs
primera planta
Her servant went upstairs to look for her.
chemist
quĂmico
The
chemist
won
the
prize
because
he
discovered a new chemical. trouble
problema
You were in trouble when your father found the exams.
smile
sonreĂr/ sonrisa
Her smile makes me feel good.
rent
renta/ alquilar
We rented a car when we were in France.
furniture
muebles
Their furniture are old, but very expensive.
bubble
burbujear/ burbuja
The liquid began to bubble and it became red.
murder
asesinar
That thief murders the people that he meet.