If you are suspicious of something, you distrust it.

To confess means to admit you have done something, usually committing a crime.

A small container, usually made of glass.

If you suggest or hint at something, you are are insinuating.

'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 8: The Last Night

English

In 'Jekyll & Hyde: Detective Fiction', pupils explore how Stevenson uses the conventions of gothic fiction to expose key themes such as secrecy and concealment. In 'Jekyll and Hyde: Gothic Fiction', pupils build on this to explore how gothic texts are often concerned with hidden and illicit desires. 

In 'Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories', pupils explore the ways in which victims and villains are portrayed, evaluating whether some villains are portrayed more sympathetically than others. In 'Jekyll and Hyde: Detective Fiction', pupils examine the ways in which Stevenson uses and subverts the conventions of detective fiction both to build suspense and to critique Victorian society.

Nineteenth century text: first study

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

In Chapter 8 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which character asks for Mr. Utterson's help at the beginning of the chapter?

believes Jekyll is still inside the laboratory

In Chapter 8 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', match the character to what they believe has happened in Dr. Jekyll.

Complete this sentence by adding a word which means 'distrust': 'In Chapter 8 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' Poole is {{ }} his master has gone missing.'

In Chapter 8 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which of the following is **not** a clue Utterson and Poole find in the laboratory.

In Chapter 8 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which of the following is a **reasonable** inference the reader can make from the fact Jekyll has written a confession?

the breaking down of the "door covered with red baize"

In Chapter 8 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which of the following is a symbol of truth being revealed?

In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', it can be argued that the upper-class men in the novella value protecting their {{ }} over honesty.

From Chapter 1 to Chapter 7 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', how many characters had been murdered by Hyde?

when he tells him about Hyde trampling on the young girl

when he sees Jekyll disappear from the window

both the trampling of the girl and after Jekyll's conversation at the window

In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', when does Utterson ask for Enfield's silence regarding the terrible things he has seen by Dr. Jekyll's house?

In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which of the following does Stevenson use as a symbol of concealment?

He isolates himself from his peers and the rest of society.

He falls out with one of his closest friends.

He conducts experiments which are believed to "unscientific".

In the latter half of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', Dr. Jekyll becomes a recluse. What does this mean?

In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', Jekyll's laboratory used to be a dissecting room. What type of laboratory is it now?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of serious crime

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 8: The Last Night

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.