Respond to the following Quote and then connect it
to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
“Whoever fights monsters should
see to it that in the process he
does not become a monster. And
if you gaze long enough into an
abyss, the abyss will gaze back
into you.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Group Historical Research Activity:
• Historical Facts
• Expectations of Victorian Men (the
gentleman vs. the Rogue)
• Science and Darwinism
• Victorian Monsters in Literature
• Jekyll and Hyde connections
Directions:
Using your phones, research each of the topics. As a
group, decide who is in charge of what topic (except for
connections, which will be done as a group later). On the
paper given to you, complete the following:
• Thorough examination of your topic: What is it if you had
to define it for a room full of teenagers? Include as much
info in bullet points please (reader friendly and all that).
• Provide examples of your topic: What examples would be
most effective in order for a room full of teenagers to
understand? These can be modern day examples, movie
examples, literary examples, etc.
• Connect to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (do this section as a
group once everyone has research their individual topics):
Provide examples from the book that emphasize/support
your groups topic.
Respond to the following Quotes and connect it to The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
“All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars
every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would
fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's
presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best”
― O. Henry
“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The
savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his
tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from
men.”
-Ayn Rand
Setting, Point of View, Tone
• Point of View
• What is the point of view of Chapter 1.
• Tone (close passage annotation
activity)
• What is the tone? How does the diction
and syntax support the tone?
• Re-read Chapter 1.
• London
• Black Mail House
Respond to the following Quote and connect it
to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were
evil people somewhere insidiously committing
evil deeds, and it were necessary only to
separate them from the rest of us and destroy
them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts
through the heart of every human being. And
who is willing to destroy a piece of his own
heart?”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Character Quote Analysis in Jekyll and
Hyde
• Dr. Jekyll
• Mr. Hyde
• Mr. Utterson
• Mr. Richard Enfield
• Dr. Lanyon
• Mr. Poole
You have been given 6 quotes. Do the
following:
• Match the quotes to the characters
they are describing or are from.
• Analyze whether it is direct/indirect
characterization about that character
(explain reasoning)
• Analyze its significance in the novella
and to the character’s
development/purpose in the novella.
Respond to the following Quote and connect it to The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
“Science can purify religion from error and
superstition. Religion can purify science from
idolatry and false absolutes.”
-Pope John Paul II
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a
heaven out of Hell , a hell of Heaven.”
-John Milton, Paradise Lost
Major Themes, Motifs, Symbols
• THEMES ·(universal ideas)
• The duality of human nature (Man vs. Animal, good vs. evil)
• The importance of reputation (the Victorian Man)
• God verses Science (Darwinism)
• MOTIFS · (reoccurring ideas, images, symbols, etc. that
support/highlight themes)
• Violence against innocents
• Silence (choosing NOT to speak vs inability to speak)
• urban terror (London’s dark side; city vs. suburbia)
Psychopaths
• Read the excerpt from the book
Columbine. Do the following:
• Write a well developed paragraph
connecting the excerpt to both Othello
and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde, citing from all 3 texts
for support. Make connections
between the three texts.