Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Evil besides (which I must still believe to be the lethal side of man) had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay. And yet when I looked upon that ugly idol in the glass, I was conscious of no repugnance, rather of a leap of welcome. This, too, was myself. It seemed natural and human.
Which description(s) characterize Dr. Jekyll in this excerpt? Check all that apply.
Read the excerpts from chapter one of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Excerpt 1:"I see you feel as I do,” said Mr. Enfield. "Yes, it’s a bad story. For my man was a fellow that nobody could have to do with, a really damnable man; and the person that drew the cheque is the very pink of the proprieties, celebrated too, and (what makes it worse) one of your fellows who do what they call good. Black mail I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth. Black Mail House is what I call the place with the door, in consequence.Excerpt 2:And the lawyer set out homeward with a very heavy heart. "Poor Harry Jekyll,” he thought, "my mind misgives me he is in deep waters! He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations. Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, PEDE CLAUDO, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault.”
Which statement(s) describe the steps for studying character development? Check all that apply.Consider the character’s actions at the beginning of the story.Recall other characters from various literary sources.Analyze how the character reacts to plot events throughout the story.Study the character’s behaviors at the end of the story.Imagine what might happen to the character after the story concludes.
Read the excerpts from chapter one of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Excerpt 1:Mr. Utterson 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.Excerpt 2:[Hyde] is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something down-right detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
Read the excerpts from chapter one of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Excerpt 1:That evening Mr. Utterson came home to his bachelor house in sombre spirits and sat down to dinner without relish. It was his custom of a Sunday, when this meal was over, to sit close by the fire, a volume of some dry divinity on his reading desk, until the clock of the neighbouring church rang out the hour of twelve, when he would go soberly and gratefully to bed.Excerpt 2:[Dr. Lanyon] was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with a shock of hair prematurely white, and a boisterous and decided manner. At sight of Mr. Utterson, he sprang up from his chair and welcomed him with both hands. The geniality, as was the way of the man, was somewhat theatrical to the eye; but it reposed on genuine feeling.
Read the excerpts from chapter eight of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Excerpt 1:Poole, who had kept all the way a pace or two ahead, now pulled up in the middle of the pavement, and in spite of the biting weather, took off his hat and mopped his brow with a red pocket-handkerchief. But for all the hurry of his coming, these were not the dews of exertion that he wiped away, but the moisture of some strangling anguish; for his face was white and his voice, when he spoke, harsh and broken.Excerpt 2:Mr. Utterson’s nerves, at this unlooked-for termination, gave a jerk that nearly threw him from his balance; but he recollected his courage and followed the butler into the laboratory building through the surgical theatre, with its lumber of crates and bottles, to the foot of the stair. Here Poole motioned him to stand on one side and listen; while he himself, setting down the candle and making a great and obvious call on his resolution, mounted the steps and knocked with a somewhat uncertain hand on the red baize of the cabinet door.
Which statement best describes how Dr. Jekyll is different than Mr. Hyde in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
Which excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde uses direct characterization?
Read these excerpts from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Excerpt 1, from Chapter 1:Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. It wasn’t like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut. I gave a few halloa, took to my heels, collared my gentleman, and brought him back to where there was already quite a group about the screaming child. He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running.Excerpt 2, from Chapter 4: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.
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