Jekyll and hyde: Plot and action

Question 1

What happens in chapter 1: The Door

Answer 1

Mr Utterson and Mr Enfield are walking when the sight of a shabby back door leads Enfield to talk about Mr Hyde trampling a child, Mr Hyde then when through that door to pay off the girls family.

Question 2

What is important about chapter 1: The Door?

Answer 2

• Introduces Mr Utterson who is the voice of reason and a main character in the novel and gives thorough description of him.
• Introduces Mr Hyde, giving an instant disliking to him just like everyone else

Question 3

Key quotes of chapter 1: the door

Answer 3

-“rugged countenance”
-“somehow lovable
-“backwards in sentiment”
-“It was like some damned juggernaut”
-“really like satan”
“something eminently human beaconed from his eye”

Question 4

How does it link to the key themes?

Answer 4

• Duality: the shabby back door separated from the bright and cheerful street and the back door vs the front of the house
• Hyde’s unlikableness: Hyde is first introduced as having “something wrong”