Part 4: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Theme Answers

When new information proves that a reader’s prediction is wrong, the reader should

Analyzing internal conflicts helps the reader to

What internal conflicts does Utterson experience in the passage? Select three answers.

Read the passage from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.On his way out, the lawyer stopped and had a word or two with Poole. "By the bye,” said he, "there was a letter handed in to-day: what was the messenger like?” But Poole was positive nothing had come except by post; "and only circulars by that,” he added.

Read the chart about The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

When making an inference, the reader should be sure to support the inference with

Read the passage from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."No,” said the other. "I cannot say that I care what becomes of Hyde; I am quite done with him. I was thinking of my own character, which this hateful business has rather exposed.”

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Read the passage from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it; and it may be doubted if, from that day forth, Utterson desired the society of his surviving friend with the same eagerness. He thought of him kindly; but his thoughts were disquieted and fearful. He went to call indeed; but he was perhaps relieved to be denied admittance; perhaps, in his heart, he preferred to speak with Poole upon the doorstep and surrounded by the air and sounds of the open city, rather than to be admitted into that house of voluntary bondage, and to sit and speak with its inscrutable recluse.