Hyde.
What does Poole say the figure in the laboratory is? Poole says the figure in the laboratory is Hyde.
What object do Utterson and Poole find that is unusual for being in a laboratory?
What object do Utterson and Poole find that is unusual for being in a lab? The first is the will. The second was a note for Utterson.
Who or what does Poole think is in the cabinet in Jekyll’s room?
Poole says that he fears Jekyll was murdered eight days before, when he heard him cry out, and that the murderer is still in the cabinet. He has seen the man once and he was very short and wearing a mask. He believes it was Hyde.
Who does Utterson find in the laboratory after breaking down the door?
When they arrive at Jekyll’s quarters, a servant opens the door very guardedly, asking, “Is that you, Poole?” Once inside, Utterson finds all of Jekyll’s servants “huddled together like a flock of sheep,” and when they see Utterson, one maid breaks into “hysterical whimpering.” This matter is far more serious than
What is discovered when they break the door of the lab down in chapter 8?
The voice begs for Utterson to have mercy and to leave him alone. The lawyer, however, recognizes the voice as Hyde’s and orders Poole to smash down the door. Once inside, the men find Hyde’s body lying on the floor, a crushed vial in his hand. He appears to have poisoned himself.
What does the lab of Jekyll symbolize?
Jekyll’s House and Laboratory
[which] bore in every feature the marks of profound and sordid negligence.” With its decaying facade and air of neglect, the laboratory quite neatly symbolizes the corrupt and perverse Hyde.
What is Utterson’s full name?
Utterson’s full name is John Gabriel Utterson. John is known in the Bible as one of Jesus’s loyal apostles and one of the writers of the Gospels. Gabriel is the name of an angel in the Bible who serves as an important messenger from God. This Christian name symbolizes Utterson’s role as the story’s moral compass.
What did Poole think happened to Dr. Jekyll?
What does Poole think has happened to Jekyll? Poole thinks that someone murdered Jekyll, and the murderer is pretending to be Jekyll. How long did Poole wait before going to Utterson for help?
Who breaks down Jekyll’s door?
Even in Chapter 8, when Utterson has decided he will break down Jekyll’s laboratory door, he only does so after the encouragement of the butler, Poole.
Why does Poole believe that his master has been murdered?
8 – Why does Poole believe that his master has been murdered? He was locked in a room for days, so he thought he was killed. 8 – What is the evidence that a troubled person had lived in the room where Hyde was found dead?
Who do Utterson and Poole find killed in Chapter 8?
Chapter 8 – Hyde’s suicide
Jekyll’s butler, Poole, begs Utterson to go with him to Jekyll’s laboratory: he fears Jekyll has been murdered. They break the door down and find Hyde’s body on the floor; he has just killed himself by taking poison.
What was not found when Mr Poole and Mr Utterson broke the door down?
Jekyll was NOT found when they broke down the door.
When Poole and Mr Utterson break down the door they discover?
Jekyll. After knocking and being told to go away, Utterson and Poole force the door down, and witness the dead body of Mr. Hyde lying on the floor. Thinking that Hyde killed Jekyll and then killed himself, the two men frantically search the laboratory for the remains of Jekyll.
Why is chapter 8 The Last night significant?
Chapter eight: The last night
This is the climax of the novella , with Hyde’s death. The mystery deepens, but looks at last to be resolved with the document that Utterson takes away to read.
What happened to Dr. Jekyll at the end?
Jekyll dies by committing suicide. The author, Robert Louis Stevenson, wrote the ending so that it is not absolutely clear whether Jekyll is still in control at the end or if it is Hyde who actually commits the act of suicide; however, because they are the same physical being, when one dies, the other also dies.
What happens in chapter 8 the last night?
The last night. Utterson is surprised to receive a visit from Poole. Jekyll’s servant tells the lawyer that he fears his master has gone missing…and has been replaced by some sort of creature who has locked himself in Jekyll’s laboratory.
What was in Jekyll’s laboratory?
Key setting: Jekyll’s laboratory and cabinet
The laboratory was used by the previous owner to carry out dissections of dead bodies to teach his anatomy students. This sinister history adds to the Gothic atmosphere (see Key style: Gothic).
What mental illness did Dr Jekyll have?
Jekyll and his counterpart, Mr. Hyde, could be one of manic depressive psychosis. The diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders and emerging psychological theories during the Victorian Era would have influenced Stevenson and the character of Dr.
How is Jekyll’s lab described?
The first clear description we get of the lab is that it is a ‘dingy windowless structure‘. The word choice dingy suggests it is dirty or badly lit. If it is windowless then that would tie in with the lack of light. We are told by U that the place gives him a ‘sense of strangeness’.
What is Jekyll full name?
Henry Jekyll
Jekyll, in full Henry Jekyll, fictional character, the rational, humanistic protagonist of the novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson. His alter ego is the evil, barely human Mr.
What is Lanyon’s first name?
Dr Hastie Lanyon in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.