Chapters 4 and 5 — Eduqas GCSE English Literature C720
Eduqas GCSE English Literature · C720
Chapters 4 and 5
The plot, part by part
What you need to know
The Carew Murder Case and Incident of the Letter: the murder of Sir Danvers Carew, the search of Hyde's rooms and the forged letter.
Key quotations: 'with ape-like fury', 'hailing down a storm of blows', 'the bones were audibly shattered', 'a great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven', 'a district of some city in a nightmare', 'I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again', 'Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer!'.
The fog and Soho as Gothic setting, and Utterson's choice to protect Jekyll's reputation by keeping the letter quiet.
Eduqas's essay on this novel marks context as much as response and analysis: weave context into the argument, and treat the printed extract as a starting point, ranging across the beginning, middle and end of the novel.
