What happens
Poole asks Utterson to come with him at once. They suspect Hyde has murdered Jekyll. They break down the door and see Hyde’s body on the floor and a letter from Jekyll.
“Foul…”
*Poole and Utterson (usually controlled and rational) have a strong reaction- “Foul play!”
“Pale…”/“the wind…”
Weather/setting increases tension somewhere- “Pale moon”/“the wind made talking difficult”/“the thin trees in the garden were lashing themselves along the railing”
- ‘lashing’: violence
- ‘themselves along the railing’: pathetic fallacy (foreshadowing)
“Hysterical…”
Servants reaction when Utterson is let in-“hysterical whimpering”-tension increases
‘Hysterical’- can not control crying/fear. (Link to gothic conventions)
What is Utterson’s behaviour like?
Utterson’s nervous behaviour- start contrast to what seen previously.
“Do you…”
Utterson and Poole- tension builds again-“Do you know Poole..that you and I are about the place ourselves in a position of some peril?”
‘Peril’- danger
“Ah, that’s”
Utterson with axe at the door. “Ah, that’s not Jekyll’s voice-It’s Hyde’s”- tension highest at this point
“Right in the…”
“Right in the midst there lay a body of a man sorely contorting and still twitching…”
‘Body’- Hyde
‘Sorely contorting’- painful transforming
‘Contorting’- changing (looks abnormal)
‘Twitching’- Just died
