1. Respond to the following Quote and then connect it to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

2. Group Historical Research Activity:
Historical Facts
Expectations of Victorian Men (the gentleman vs. the Rogue)
Science and Darwinism
Victorian Monsters in Literature
Jekyll and Hyde connections

3. Directions:
Using your phones, research each of the topics. As a group, decide who is in charge of what topic (except for connections, which will be done as a group later). On the paper given to you, complete the following:
Thorough examination of your topic: What is it if you had to define it for a room full of teenagers? Include as much info in bullet points please (reader friendly and all that).
Provide examples of your topic: What examples would be most effective in order for a room full of teenagers to understand? These can be modern day examples, movie examples, literary examples, etc.
Connect to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (do this section as a group once everyone has research their individual topics): Provide examples from the book that emphasize/support your groups topic.

4. Respond to the following Quotes and connect it to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
“All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best” ― O. Henry “Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.” -Ayn Rand

5. Setting, Point of View, Tone
What is the point of view of Chapter 1.
Tone (close passage annotation activity)
What is the tone? How does the diction and syntax support the tone?
Re-read Chapter 1.
London
Black Mail House

6. Respond to the following Quote and connect it to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

7. Character Quote Analysis in Jekyll and Hyde
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Utterson
Mr. Richard Enfield
Dr. Lanyon
Mr. Poole

8. You have been given 6 quotes. Do the following:
Match the quotes to the characters they are describing or are from.
Analyze whether it is direct/indirect characterization about that character (explain reasoning)
Analyze its significance in the novella and to the character’s development/purpose in the novella.

9. Respond to the following Quote and connect it to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
“Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.” -Pope John Paul II “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven out of Hell , a hell of Heaven.” -John Milton, Paradise Lost

10. Major Themes, Motifs, Symbols
THEMES  ·(universal ideas) 
The duality of human nature (Man vs. Animal, good vs. evil)
The importance of reputation (the Victorian Man)
God verses Science (Darwinism)
MOTIFS  · (reoccurring ideas, images, symbols, etc. that support/highlight themes)
Violence against innocents
Silence (choosing NOT to speak vs inability to speak)
urban terror (London’s dark side; city vs. suburbia)

11. Psychopaths
Read the excerpt from the book Columbine. Do the following:
Write a well developed paragraph connecting the excerpt to both Othello and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, citing from all 3 texts for support. Make connections between the three texts.