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Chapter 1 - Story of the door
We open the novel with a description of the “cold” but “somehow lovable” lawyer, Mr Utterson,
who remains the story’s main narrator
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This particular day, they are lead down a busy
street in Soho, where an image of bustling trade and inviting shop fronts is described
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Mr Enfield remembers this address and remarks how, at three o’clock in
the morning, he watched as a young girl racing down the street collided with a man
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The girl’s family, Enfield and a Doctor rush over and manage to con the
man out of £100
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This is presumed a fake, but is in fact real
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They vow never to speak of it again
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Utterson loves vintage
wines and going to the theatre, but
“drank gin when he was alone, to
mortify a taste for vintages”
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Enfield and the Doctor
threaten Hyde with scandal, causing
him to hand over a massive amount of
money to preserve his name
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This
builds up tension in the novel
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While reading…

Context
● Reputation was incredibly important to
the upper class Victorian men who
relied on their knowledge and extensive
social circles to thrive
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● The theme of concealment is prevalent
in this chapter
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Concealment can also be seen in Soho
- a side of London that many wellrespected men would never enter… it
was also famous for its prostitutes, who
were hidden behind closed doors
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It states that “all his
possessions were to pass into the hands of his ‘friend and benefactor Edward Hyde’”
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Utterson ventures out to meet his school friend Dr Lanyon, who is
described as being “hearty” and “boisterous”
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Utterson returns home but has
terrible nightmares about Hyde, which he describes in great detail
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Hyde is confused as to how Utterson knows him,
and is reluctant to show his face
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The lawyer is once again struck that Hyde is “hardly human”
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Mr Hyde is said to have a key for Jekyll’s house but he has
never been seen by the butler, Poole
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Key themes
● Science and Religion - Hyde is
described by Utterson as “hardly
human” and “troglodytic”
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● Silence and taboo - Dr Jekyll is unable
to talk about his transformation in the
novel, nor his violent tendencies,
meaning that he has to conceal them
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While reading…

Context
● In the Victorian era, Darwin was
developing his theory of evolution,
which conflicted with many religious
beliefs over the creation of mankind
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The
word “troglodytic” means “cave-dweller”,
which implies that Hyde is below
humans in his development - this makes
him sound animalistic and untameable
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Homosexuality is
also a theme in this novel (with it’s
MANY bachelors), whilst silence is
used to build suspense and tension

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