A juggernaut is a large powerful unstoppable force.

If something is concealed, it has been hidden.

If you subvert something, you turn it upside down.

A motif is an image or idea that is used many times across a piece of writing.

Considering Stevenson's use of time and weather in 'Jekyll and Hyde'

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In 'Jekyll and Hyde: the Divided City', pupils explore how the city of London is used as a symbol of Jekyll's duplicitous life. In 'Jekyll & Hyde: Society as the Villain', pupils critically analyse the role the Victorian patriarchy and the class system plays in Jekyll's demise.

In 'Jekyll & Hyde: Duality and Evil', pupils explore how Jekyll creates Hyde to explore his deepest and darkest desires. In 'Jekyll & Hyde, the Divided City', pupils explore how Stevenson uses the setting of London to symbolise the duality of Jekyll.

Nineteenth century text: first deep dive

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

What is the word for a recurring image or idea throughout a text?

What word is missing from the following quotation from 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'? "while a fog {{}} over the city"?

What word is missing from the following quotation from 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde': “at night under the face of the fogged {{}} moon.”

They are rushing so hard they are out of breath. 

In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', when Utterson goes with Poole to Jekyll's house, they struggle to talk to each other. Why?

The wind was fierce and dangerous and there was no escaping it.  

The verb "charged" makes the wind sound hostile and dangerous. 

The wind sounded like an enemy force and Utterson sounds like the victim.

Which is the best interpretation of the following quotation from 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'? "The wind was continually charging."

Stevenson makes the fog sounds like an animal, possibly a dangerous one.

Stevenson may be saying that our surroundings affect our personality. 

Stevenson uses he verb "rolled" to suggest a fog that surrounds us. 

Which is the best explanation of writer's purpose when discussing the following quotation from 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'?  "A fog rolled over the city." 

What term beginning with 'J' is the word for the technique of placing opposing ideas or images close to each other in texts?

How many of Hyde's violent attacks are witnessed by other characters in the 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'?

In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', what is the name of the MP that Hyde kills?

In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', why does Jekyll's manservant Poole go to see Mr. Utterson?

Because he hated social injustice and was determined to see change.

To reflect the divisions between human beings and within individuals.

Because he was determined to reflect the reality of his society.

Why does Stevenson show the many contrasts and contradictions in London as presented in 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'?

What is the missing word in the following quotation from 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'?  "{{}} books annotated with blasphemies.”

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision recommended

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