Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary Chaperters 5-7

5. After Mr. Hyde disappeared Dr. Jekyll comes out of his reclusion. He started to hold dinners for his old friends and was finally at peace once again. On the eight of January Mr. Utterson dined with Dr. Jekyll and it appeared to be exactly like old times. On the 12th and 14th however the doors of Dr. Jekyll's residence were closed to all including Mr. Utterson. And once again Dr. Jekyll had cut himself off to the world. On the fifth night the lawyer decided to accompany Dr. Lanyon for dinner. Once he entered the Dr's home he immediately noticed that he had become much balder and older looking. His quality of manner displayed an essence of terror. During the dinner the Dr. spoke of how Dr. Jekyll and himself will never meet nor speak to one another again. Once Mr. Utterson got back to his house he wrote a letter to Jekyll complaining about his exclusion from his house and what the problem was with him and Dr. Lanyon. Jekyll then writes back explaining that although there is no tension with Dr. Lanyon and himself there is no possible way they will ever speak or meet again. He then goes on to say that he has a problem and must deal with it on his own with no one interfering and asks for Mr. Utterson to respect that. Dr. Lanyon dies a week later. After the funeral Utterson locks himself in his room with a letter written by Dr. Lanyon with the expectations of opening it although it specifically says not to. He stops himself and decides to visit Jekyll once more and from then on with the same results starts to visit the house less frequently.

6. While on a walk with Mr. Einfeld Utterson sees Dr. Jekyll inside Mr. Hydes old house. Jekyll says that he is still very ill but it is great that they were able to see each other. He then goes on to say that he would invite them inside but it is unfit for the occasion and that it is best to only talk from where they are at that moment. As they speak Dr. Jekyll randomly gives a horrific look at both of the men and then shuts the window he was speaking out of. At that moment the two men turned around and walked the other direction and it was not until about a block later that the two men looked at each other with the same pale face and scared eyes.

7.  Wile at home one day Mr. Utterson receives a visit from Poole Dr. Jekyll's servant. He says that there is something terribly wrong with Dr. Jekyll and he is very scared. He then asks for Mr. Utterson to come and see him at his home. When the two men walk into the house all of Dr. Jekyll's servants are huddled together and they give a sigh of relief when seeing Mr. Utterson. Poole takes Utterson to the cabinet where he believes Dr. Jekyll is. When asking to see Mr. Utterson "Dr. Jekyll" says he will not see anyone, but it is clearly not the Dr's voice. The men leave and Poole explains that he has been in there for a long time and when he saw him run to the cabinet it did not seem like his master. He said it looked like a deformed creature with a mask on. Immediately after describing him the two come to terms that they do not think it is Dr. Jekyll in the closet they believe that it is Mr. Hyde and that he has murdered the Dr. and is still in the cabinet. Before deciding on anything Poole describes that the Dr. wrote letter secret letters and gives two of them to Mr. Utterson to take a look at. They then put a plan together to break into the cabinet and see exactly what is going on. Once they break in they see only what appears to be Mr. Hyde dead on the floor. They search the entire house looking for Dr. Jekyll and do not find him anywhere. Mr. Utterson returns home to take a look at the letters and tells Poole that he will be back in the morning and he should call the police then.

Quotes:

1. "..and sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll."

- I chose this quote one because of the way the author describes the way in which Dr. Jekyll is seen how you can paint an image in your head of a tired struggling man that is passionately sad. And second because of how he says that the Dr. is like a prisoner which he is most definitely a prisoner of himself and of what he must hide from the world.

2. "But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below."

- This quote is a great example of the first personal experience with Mr. Utterson and Dr. Jekyll that really show that both the Dr. and Mr. Hyde are one in the same.

Questions:

1. Is the only reason why no one thinks that the Dr. and Mr. Hyde are the same person because they look so different?

2. What do the men think when they see how Dr. Jekyll acts in the window?

3. Is there a chance they think that the Dr. could be Mr. Hyde as well even though they look so different?