GCSE English Literature: Jekyll and Hyde – Duality and Respectability

Categories: English Literature, GCSE
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About Course

An exam-focused guide to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886): Victorian context, how Hyde is presented, the theme of duality, the novella’s unusual structure, and how to write strong analytical answers. All quotations come from the original public-domain text.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Use Victorian context – respectability, science and Darwin – to explain the novella Analyse how Stevenson presents Hyde and why he is so hard to describe Explain the theme of duality using Jekyll's own statement Explain how the multiple narrators and the delayed revelation build mystery

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Stevenson and the Victorian world
  • Presenting Hyde
  • Duality, Jekyll and the final statement
  • Structure and writing top answers

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