English · GCSE · Nineteenth-Century Novel

Jekyll and Hyde: how the mystery is built

Jekyll and Hyde: how the mystery is builtFree2:53Heddy Score 3 of 7, below the standard
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What you need to know

  • Chapter 1 opens with Utterson and Enfield on a Sunday walk past a mysterious door.
  • Enfield's story of Hyde trampling a girl and paying with a cheque signed by a respectable man starts the mystery.
  • Readers, like the characters, have to piece Hyde together from fragments.
  • The door becomes a symbol of hidden secrets, and Gothic techniques build suspense.

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Runs 2:53, from 0:10 to 3:03 of the full video.

Also coversJekyll and Hyde: Mr Utterson
Heddy Score3/7, Below the standard
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Summarises and analyses the opening chapter, showing how Stevenson sets up the mystery.

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