Chapters 7 & 8

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Chapter 7: The Incident at the Window

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Dr Jekyll spotted

Mr Utterson is on his weekly walk with Mr Enfield. He passes by the door that started this whole novella.
It turns out that the door is a back way to Dr Jekyll’s house.
The two friends step into the courtyard with all the windows and happen to see Dr Jekyll at the window, looking sickly and pale.
They chat briefly before Dr Jekyll completely freaks out, slamming the window and scaring Mr Utterson and Mr Enfield.

Chapter 8: The Last Night

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Poole visits Utterson

Poole visits Utterson one evening. He says that he is distressed about Jekyll locking himself away, and there is something very horrible happening.
Poole asks Utterson to come and visit the house himself to see what he thinks of Jekyll’s situation.
They knock on Jekyll's door. The maid shrieks with relief to see Mr Utterson. She tells him that everyone is scared.
Utterson reaches the cabinet and knocks. He hears a voice, similar to Jekyll’s exclaim: “Tell him I cannot see anyone”.

Finding Hyde

Then they move away and Poole tells Utterson that he only receives paper notes from the person upstairs requesting a drug from the chemists in town.
Poole expects answers from Utterson, and he tells him that he doesn’t believe the creature in the cabinet is Jekyll. Rather, he describes him as a strange dwarf.
They think that Jekyll has possibly been murdered, so they agree to break into the cabinet with an axe.
Inside the cabinet, a man lies twitching and lifeless. There is a crushed phial in his hand - Hyde has killed himself.

The letter

A while later, a shocked Utterson looks around the room and finds a large envelope on Jekyll’s business table addressed to Utterson.
The envelope contains various documents that fall out. The letter contains a new drafted version of Jekyll’s will, but instead of leaving all his belongings to Hyde, this time he has left them to Utterson.
The separate letter is from Jekyll himself, saying that Utterson should read the original letter from Lanyon. Utterson goes home to read the two documents to explain the mystery.

1Plot Summary

1.1Chapters 1-10

1.1.1Chapters 1 & 2

1.1.2Chapters 3 & 4

1.1.3Chapters 5 & 6

1.1.4Chapters 7 & 8

1.1.5Chapters 9 & 10

1.1.6End of Topic Test - Chapters 1-6

1.1.7End of Topic Test - Chapters 7-10

2Characters

2.1Jekyll & Hyde

2.1.1Dr Henry Jekyll

2.1.2Jekyll - Name & Quotes

2.1.3Mr Edward Hyde

2.1.4Jekyll/Hyde Quotes - Chapters 1-9

2.1.5Jekyll/Hyde Quotes - Chapter 10

2.1.6End of Topic Test - Jekyll & Hyde

2.1.7Exam-Style Questions - Mr Hyde

2.2Other Characters

2.2.1Mr Gabriel John Utterson

2.2.2Dr Hastie Lanyon

2.2.3Minor Characters

2.2.4End of Topic Test - Other Characters

3Gothic Genre

3.1Gothic Elements

3.1.1Gothic Conventions

3.1.2Gothic Settings & Symbolism

3.1.3End of Topic Test - Gothic Conventions

4Key Themes

4.1Key Themes & Quotes

4.1.1Science

4.1.2Dual Nature of Man

4.1.3Religion & Sin

4.1.4Violence & Horror

4.1.5Victorian Gentlemen

4.1.6End of Topic Test - Key Themes & Quotes

5Context & Author

5.1Context & Author

5.1.1The Victorian Era

5.1.2Deacon Brodie & Freud

5.1.3End of Topic Test - Context & Author

6Literary Techniques

6.1Literary Techniques

6.1.1Language

6.1.2Structure & Form

6.1.3End of Topic Test - Literary Techniques

7Grade 9 - Key Character & Theme Questions

7.1Key Character & Themes - Linked Questions

7.1.1Grade 9 - Key Characters & Themes

7.1.2Extract Analysis - Jekyll

7.1.3Extract Analysis - Duality

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