Lucía Ortiz 3ºA_Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

My Project of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Lucía Ortiz 3ºA IES Cristo del Rosario – Zafra (Badajoz) 01/03/14 1

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By: Robert Louis Stevenson Burlington Books

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There are many characters but in my opinion these are the most important:

-Dr. Jekyll: he’s a very powerful person in London, he’s very interested in science and he like helping poor people and having dinner with his friends but he’s also very unhappy. He’s a tall man who also has blond hair. He’s elegant and likes wearing nice suits.

-Mr. Hyde: he’s wild, very evil and has got an evil look. He’s a murderer too. He is really short and a bit fat. He has black hair and a big moth with enormous teeth.

-Mr. Utterson: he’s a quiet, serious lawyer, he is very loyal with his friends and he likes helping them if they’re in trouble. He’s a thin and tall man. He has a funny moustache and he’s brown-haired.

-Dr. Lanyon: he’s a smart doctor who dies at the end of the story. He’s a bit short and he’s old. His hair is white and its big moustache is white too.

-Mr. Enfield: he’s a good man but I think he’s not very valiant. He’s normal height and he has brown hair.

-Poole: he’s an old man who works for Dr. Jekyll. He’s very valiant and loyal. He is a very nice man and he always says the truth. He has white hair, little eyes with glasses and a serious face.

There are more characters, but they are secondary characters such as the police, the girl, the maid…

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Plot.

This book starts when Mr. Enfield tells a story to Mr. Utterson about something horrible that a man called Mr. Hyde did to a girl. Then Mr. Utterson starts to be worried because Dr. Jekyll knows that man. Mr. Hyde murders some people and at the same time a lot of strange things occur to Dr. Jekyll. At the end Dr. Lyon dies but before it, he gave a letter to Mr. Utterson explaining what was happening between Mr. Hyde (the murderer) and Dr. Jekyll, ¡they are the same person! And finally, Dr. Jekyll disappears and only lives Mr. Hyde.

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Personal opinion.

At the end of the book there’s a really nice text explaining the two sides of every person. It says “Every person has got good and bad in him and must choose between them”. I think it’s a really interesting way to see the inside of the people. It’s true that nor the good is so good, nor the bad is so bad. I also think that you are who you are, but you can decide being a better or a worse person. Dr. Jekyll decided to be a worse person because in that way he was happier.

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Vocabulary chart Word

Meaning

Sentence

ashes

cenizas

There were ashes in the fireplace

parted

Se separaron

After Mr. Utterson and Inspector Newcomen parted

will

testamento

Inside the envelope there was a will

didn’t apologise

No pidió disculpas

He didn’t apologise to the girl or to her parents

courtyard

patio

They passed an old building next to a dark courtyard

hatchet

hacha

Poole took a hatchet

rusty

oxidada

It was rusty and broken

harm

Hacer daño

Perhaps Hyde wants to harm Jekyll

handwriting

letra

The handwriting was a bit strange

maid

doncella

A maid, alone in a house, went upstairs to her bedroom

trial

juicio

But perhaps there will be a trial

argue

discutimos

When we do, we always argue about scientific

murderer

asesino

The murderer probably took it

tightly

fuertemente

Dr. Jekyll closed his mouth 4

tightly blackmail

chantaje

I suspect that it was blackmail

cane

bastón

Mr. Hyde had a heavy cane in his hand

Postmark

matasellos

It wasn’t postmark because a messenger brought it to he door

Proud of

orgulloso de

I was very proud of myself

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