'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 8: The Last Night
I can make logical inferences using clues from the text.
'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 8: The Last Night
I can make logical inferences using clues from the text.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The breaking of the laboratory door is symbolic of the secrets that are about to be revealed.
- Utterson finds Hyde, who has died by suicide, wearing Dr. Jekyll’s clothes.
- Dr. Jekyll’s disappearance from the locked laboratory is the final mystery in the ‘case’.
- Utterson receives one final sealed letter - the final symbol of concealment.
Keywords
Suspicious - If you are suspicious of something, you distrust it.
To confess - To confess means to admit you have done something, usually committing a crime.
Vial - A small container, usually made of glass.
To insinuate - If you suggest or hint at something, you are are insinuating.
Common misconception
The case is over now Hyde has been found dead.
Get students enthused about the final mystery - how has Jekyll disappeared from a room locked from the inside?
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
believes Jekyll has been murdered
believes Jekyll is still inside the laboratory