Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Gothic Novel Flashcards

What is another word for main character?

What is the word for a person who is opposed to the main character?

Who is the antagonist in the story?

Who is the protagonist in the story?

What is the term for the person through whose perspective the story is told?

In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the first eight chapters are told from the point of view of______________

What is Mr. Uttersons job?

Who is being described here?
Mr. X, the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was
never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in
discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and
yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was
to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye;
something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but
which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner
face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was
austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a
taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theater, had not
crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an approved
tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at
the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in
any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove.

When Jekyll transformed to Hyde he became smaller. Why did Jekyll think that this happened?

Due to problems with the medicine that transforms Hyde to Jekyll, Jekyll realizes that he cannot stay as Jekyll but will transform into Hyde. What does he then decide to do?

Who is the narrator in the story? Chapter 1-8 is not written in the first person (I) but in the third person (he). However, the perspective is limited to Mr. Utterson. We get to learn about his feelings and his thoughts. We readers follow him wherever he goes. We do not learn about what the other characters think about and we only get meet them when Utterson meets them.

What is this point of view called?

The story is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. What is it called?

What year was it written and by whom?

Tell us about the writing process.

According to the will, who will get all the money when Dr. Jekyll dies?