Why does Poole come to see Utterson? Poole comes to see Utterson becsuse he’s afraid. What does Poole want Utterson to do? Poole wants Utterson to see if there’s foul play.
Who visits Utterson in Chapter 8?
butler Poole
Jekyll’s butler Poole visits Utterson one night after dinner. Deeply agitated, he says only that he believes there has been some “foul play” regarding Dr. Jekyll; he quickly brings Utterson to his master’s residence.
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 does Mr Utterson visit?
Dr Lanyon
Utterson decides to visit Dr Lanyon, an old friend of his and Dr Jekyll’s. Lanyon has never heard of Hyde, and not seen Jekyll for ten years. That night Utterson has terrible nightmares. He starts watching the door (which belongs to Dr Jekyll’s old laboratory) at all hours, and eventually sees Hyde unlocking it.
What does Utterson learn from Poole?
Poole informs Utterson that the voice is not Jekyll’s. He continues to explain his theory that whomever is behind the door has murdered Mr. Jekyll. In fact, Poole believes that Jekyll has been dead since Utterson heard him scream from his window eight weeks before!
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 happens to Utterson at the end?
He has committed suicide. Mr. Utterson finds several documents: a will naming him as the heir to Dr. Jekyll’s estate, a note telling him to read 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.
How does Utterson know that Hyde has killed himself?
Utterson realises that Hyde is a ‘self-destroyer’ (p. 45), meaning he has killed himself. The strong smell of ‘kernels’ alerts him to this.
What is Utterson first name?
Mr. Gabriel John Utterson
Mr. Gabriel John Utterson.
Why does Mr Utterson go to visit Mr Hyde?
Utterson wants to see Hyde’s face so he can identify and potentially arrest him in the future. I think Utterson wants to go through the trouble because he wants to see if he really did commit the crime. Describe Mr. Hyde’s physical appearance.
What happens to Mr Utterson visits to Dr Jekyll?
Utterson tries to see Jekyll several times, but is increasingly relieved when he is turned away. Poole tells him that Jekyll spends more and more time in his cabinet and laboratory, and seems preoccupied and unhappy.
Why is Utterson obsessed with Jekyll?
Why is Utterson so obsessed with images from Enfield’s story about Hyde that he cannot sleep? He was a friend of Dr. Jekyll and had drafted his will. He was really not comfortable with the will now that he had heard the story Mr.
Why is Mr Poole important in Jekyll and Hyde?
Poole’s role in the novella
Poole is Jekyll’s butler. He is the most senior of Jekyll’s servants, and is the one who interacts with Utterson. In the novella he: gives information about Hyde being allowed into Jekyll’s laboratory, and a little of his comings and goings.
What did Poole think happened to Dr. Jekyll?
Mr. Poole tells Utterson that the voice coming from inside Jekyll’s room is no longer Jekyll’s. Poole believes that the voice is Jekyll’s murderer, who killed Jekyll eight days earlier.
What information does Poole give Utterson about Hyde?
Poole tells Utterson that Hyde has a key to the laboratory and that all the servants have orders to obey Hyde. The lawyer heads home, worrying about his friend. He assumes Hyde is blackmailing Jekyll, perhaps for some wrongdoings that Jekyll committed in his youth.
What does Utterson become obsessed with doing?
Utterson becomes obsessed with Mr Hyde and wants to meet him. He examines Jekyll’s will which he has in his safe and discovers that Jekyll has left everything to Mr Hyde. He asks around about Mr Hyde and begins watching the door at all hours.
What is symbolic about 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.
Who is murdered in Chapter 4 of Jekyll and Hyde?
Summary and Analysis Chapter 4. This Chapter begins almost a year later and recounts the details of the murder of Sir Danvers Carew, a well-known and highly respected London gentleman.
Is Utterson a good man?
Utterson is a lawyer and therefore a respectable, wealthy man in Victorian London. Stevenson shows Utterson’s personality to be rational, calm and curious. It is through these personality traits that Utterson uncovers the mystery of Dr Jekyll’s will.
What does Lanyon leave to Utterson after death?
Lanyon dies soon after and leaves a letter to Utterson that is only to be opened on the death or disappearance of Dr Jekyll. Utterson, being a good lawyer, locks this away in his safe.