Coleman’s Notes® The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — GCSE Student Guide
Master Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with this comprehensive Coleman’s Notes® GCSE Student Guide.
Designed for students studying Stevenson’s classic novella for GCSE English Literature, this detailed guide moves beyond basic plot summary to help students understand the characters, themes, context, language and structure of the text — and turn that knowledge into stronger examination answers.
Inside the guide:
- Complete plot summary
- Detailed chapter-by-chapter analysis
- Dr Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde
- Mr Utterson and the importance of the narrative viewpoint
- Dr Lanyon, Enfield, Carew and supporting characters
- Character relationships and development
- Good and evil
- Duality and divided identity
- Reputation, secrecy and repression
- Science, religion and the supernatural
- Violence and fear
- Victorian society and respectability
- Setting and Stevenson’s presentation of London
- Gothic conventions
- Language, form and structure
- Symbols, motifs and imagery
- Key quotations explained
- Key scenes and turning points
- Historical, social and literary context
- Examination and assessment guidance
- Essay planning and exam technique
- Model answers
- Exam and revision questions
- Quick revision material
The guide helps students understand not simply what happens, but how Stevenson constructs mystery, develops the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde, uses Gothic conventions and explores anxieties about identity, morality, science and Victorian society.
Ideal for independent revision, classroom support, home education and tutoring.
Format: Digital PDF
Series: Coleman’s Notes® Student Guide Series
Reference: CN-SG016
Individual Student Guide: £6.95
Also available as part of the Coleman’s Notes® Classic Literature Collection, alongside An Inspector Calls, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, Frankenstein and Jane Eyre.
Complete six-guide collection: £39.95
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