Black-Mail House is what I call that place with the door, in consequence. Though even that, you know, is far from explaining all,” he added, and with the words fell into a vein of musing. From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather suddenly: “And you don’t know if the drawer of the cheque lives there?”
What does Enfield call the place with the door?
Enfield calls the house with the door ‘Blackmail House‘ (p. 5) because he assumes the only reason someone like Jekyll would give money to a person like Hyde is that he is being blackmailed.
Which character says that Hyde must be deformed somewhere?
Enfield
Utterson asks his friend to describe Hyde’s appearance, but Enfield, as the quote indicates, proves unable to formulate a clear portrait. He asserts that Hyde is deformed, ugly, and inspires an immediate revulsion, yet he cannot say why.
What does Utterson find when he enters the door with Poole?
Utterson calls inside, demanding admittance. 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.
Where is the door in Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
laboratory
The Jekyll/Hyde Cabinet Door
A third major door in the novella is Jekyll’s cabinet door, which is located in his laboratory.
Why are Utterson and Enfield at the door?
Why are Utterson and Enfield at the door? Utterson and Enfield because they were on their Sunday walk and both stopped and stared at it. What does Enfield say he was an “ass” not to realize about the house?
Why did Mr Enfield not ask about the place with the door?
He felt judgmental if he asked questions, b/c of the concepts of the Victorian Era. 15. Why doesn’t Enfield ever ask about “the place with the door”? It doesn’t seem like a house (it’s not); one door; three windows are shut but clean; a smoking chimney (so someone lives there).
What is the significance of the door in the first chapter?
Chapter one: Story of the door
Through Enfield describing the setting to Utterson, Stevenson is able to show it to us. The door is the first glimpse we get of Jekyll’s laboratory. It is a ‘sinister block of building’ (p. 2) jutting into the street, showing signs of neglect and decay.
What does it suggest of the door in its description the door was equipped with neither bell nor knocker?
The door was ‘equipped with neither bell nor knocker’ which suggests that whoever lives there does not wish to be disturbed. This level of privacy also indicates a level of secret-keeping.
What disorder does Mr Hyde have?
R. L. Stevenson’s novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a prominent example of Victorian fiction. The names Jekyll and Hyde have become synonymous with multiple personality disorder.
Who tells Utterson the story of the door?
Mr Gabriel Utterson is introduced, taking his usual Sunday walk with his relative, Mr Richard Enfield. In a well-kept street, they see a battered door, which prompts Enfield to tell Utterson of a recent experience.
What was not found when Mr Poole and Mr Utterson broke the door down?
Jekyll was NOT found when they broke down the door.
How do Utterson and Poole finally get into the room?
Utterson goes immediately to Dr. Jekyll’s residence and is admitted by Poole, who takes him out of the house and across a former garden to the “dissecting rooms.” They enter, climb a flight of stairs, enter a door covered with imitation red felt and, at last, Utterson sees Dr.
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.
What do doors symbolize?
A door can be a symbol of opportunity or one of imprisonment. Transitions: A door or doorway symbolizes the transition and passageway from one place to another. A door is often used to symbolize the passage from one world to another in religion, mythology, and literature.
Who breaks down Jekyll’s cabinet door?
Poole
It belongs to Hyde. Instantly, he calls out to Poole: “Down with the door!” Poole crashes his ax four times against the sturdy red door, and each time, dismal, animal-like screeches are heard inside.
What was the only way out with the secret door closed?
What was the only way out with the secret door closed? Through the dragon’s lair to the Front Gate.
What did Enfield witness near the odd door one night?
Enfield was walking in the same neighborhood late one night, when he witnessed a shrunken, misshapen man crash into and trample a young girl. He collared the man before he could get away, and then brought him back to the girl, around whom an angry crowd had gathered.
What did Enfield see in his account of the story of the door?
Enfield recalls a story involving the door. In the early hours of one winter morning, he says, he saw a man trampling on a young girl. He pursued the man and brought him back to the scene of the crime. (The reader later learns that the man is Mr Hyde.)
What did the door look like in Jekyll and Hyde?
It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence. The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.
What is Enfield ashamed of?
“I am ashamed of my long tongue. Let us make a bargain never to refer to this again.”