Saturday, 27 December 2008

Jekyll and Hyde Coursework help


The most important thing to remember is that all of the website I am listing are for guidance only. Plagiarism (passing off the work of others as your own) is a serious offence, and will result in all your coursework being refused.

Don't let that put you off using these sites, however. They have chapter summaries, explain the main themes and provide quotations.

The actual text
This site lets you search it, so if you can remember the odd word in a quote, you should be able to pinpoint it with the search function. Annoyingly, the chapters don't have their titles.
Online Literature
Chapter 1- Story of the Door
Chapter 2- Search for Mr Hyde
Chapter 3- Dr Jekyll was quite at ease
Chapter 4- The Carew Murder Case
Chapter 5- The incident of the letter
Chapter 6- The remarkable incident of Dr Lanyon
Chapter 7- The incident at the window
Chapter 8- The last Night
Chapter 9- Dr Lanyon's narrative
Chapter 10- Henry Jekyll's full statement of the case

If you want a chapter summary, try a site like Spark notes. This also has commentary and important quotations explained. Remember that your focus is on Duality in the novel, not retelling the story. Some of these American sites are not aimed at the academic level of A and A* GCSEs.
Cliff Notes is another American site with commentary and chapter summaries whch you may find useful.

Here is a mini-essay on the duality in the book, you might one to use it as a starting point to develop your own ideas.

Here are a few quotes from the book, and some more.



To really stretch your brain, here are some links to scholarly essays on Jekyll and Hyde. These are the sort you would read if you were studying English at University, so don't panic if you don't understand any of them. The first is on on The Psychology of Disassociation , in Jekyll and Hyde, where the author interprets the book using psychological terms. Another essay is by Anne styles and focuses on The Double Brain in Jekyll and Hyde.Both will give you a lot to think about!