Part 2: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Plot Development and Conflict Answers

Four charts with the plot elements in different orders.

Which excerpt from chapter 3 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde illustrates a character vs. character conflict?

Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on (as the maid described it) like a madman. The old gentleman took a step back, with the air of one very much surprised and a trifle hurt; and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth. And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway.

Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lock-fast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted.

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."I saw Mr. Hyde go in by the old dissecting room, Poole,” he said. "Is that right, when Dr. Jekyll is from home?”"Quite right, Mr. Utterson, sir,” replied the servant. "Mr. Hyde has a key.”"Your master seems to repose a great deal of trust in that young man, Poole,” resumed the other musingly."Yes, sir, he does indeed,” said Poole. "We have all orders to obey him.”