Year 9

Analysing structure in Jekyll and Hyde (Part 1)

Year 9

Analysing structure in Jekyll and Hyde (Part 1)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will build on our ability to analyse structure by looking at Todorov's narrative theory. Then, we will end on a quiz exploring what you have learned.

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  • Contains conflict or violence.

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Adult supervision suggested

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5 Questions

Q1.
What is a tyrannical male?
male character who is dominant
powerful character who uses their power benevolently.
Correct answer: very powerful male who often exercises their power in a a cruel and often arbitrary way
Q2.
What is a convention in literature?
Correct answer: defining characteristics, or must-haves, of a given genre
genre a text belongs to
the way a writer has to write their story
Q3.
What is a portent?
dream
Correct answer: sign or warning that a a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen
when a reader knows a character is deeply unhappy
Q4.
What is an inexplicable event?
an event no-one saw coming
Correct answer: an event that cannot be explained
an event that happened in the past
Q5.
What is overwrought emotion?
Correct answer: when a character exhibits high drama and lacks emotional restraint
when a character gets very upset
when a character is highly stoic

5 Questions

Q1.
What was the weather like on the evening of the murder?
Correct answer: cloudless and with a full moon
cold and frightening
dark and dreary
Q2.
What is the maid's opinion of Mr Hyde?
ambivalent towards him
detests him
Correct answer: really dislikes him
Q3.
What does Hyde do to the old man?
attacks him
talks to him
Correct answer: violently beats him to death
Q4.
Why can Hyde's motive not be to steal from the old man?
Hyde is rich.
Correct answer: Items of value were found on the body of the old man.
The old man was poor.
Q5.
What are Hyde's actions likened to?
a "lunatic"
Correct answer: a "madman"
a "psycho"