Hypocrisy is when someone pretends to hold certain beliefs, while their actions and behaviour contradict or undermine these.

A secretive person keeps information private and hidden from others.

If you are discreet, you are careful to keep sensitive information confidential.

The word privacy refers to the state of being free from public attention.

When you make a distinction between two things, you show how they are different.

Writing essays about hypocrisy in 'Jekyll and Hyde'

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In 'Jekyll and Hyde: the Divided City', pupils explore how the city of London is used as a symbol of Jekyll's duplicitous life. In 'Jekyll & Hyde: Society as the Villain', pupils critically analyse the role the Victorian patriarchy and the class system plays in Jekyll's demise.

In this unit, pupils explore how the society the characters of 'Jekyll and Hyde' inhabit affects their interpretation of them. They first look at structure and the Gothic, before thinking carefully about how to use context. They then look at hypocrisy and write an essay about it in the novella.

Nineteenth century text: second deep dive

Depiction or discussion of distress or humiliation e.g. bullying.

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

What word beginning with 'D' means you are careful to keep sensitive information private?

What word beginning with 'D' belongs in the following sentence: It is important to make a {{}} between morality and respectability?

What is the missing word from the following quote from 'Jekyll and Hyde': Mr. Utterson worries that Dr. Jekyll is being blackmailed because of "the {{}} of some old sin." 

He knows that he has been drinking to much gin and wine. 

He knows that he has should speak out about the truth. 

What does Mr. Utterson mean when he says that he is "ashamed" of his "long tongue" in chapter 1 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'?

overarching evaluative argument focused on purpose

key language, form, structure or contextual detail

Match the different elements of a planned response to their function. 

He avoids Dr. Jekyll when he realises the direction of his scientific work.

He doesn't mind what other people think of him. 

He speaks openly about his distrust of Dr. Jekyll.

Which of the following evidence best supports the idea that Dr. Lanyon is not hypocritical in 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'?

Mr. Enfield tells Mr. Utterson about Hyde going into Jekyll's house. 

Mr. Utterson worries about Dr. Jekyll's will, fearing blackmail. 

Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield keep quiet about the incident at the window.

Dr. Lanyon reveals in a letter the transformation of Hyde into Dr. Jekyll. 

Dr. Jekyll reveals the full truth of his scientific experiments. 

Starting with the first, put the following events of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' in chronological order. 

What word beginning with 'h' means a person who pretends to be more moral than they actually are? 

In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which two characters are, or have been, friends of Dr. Jekyll?

Match the quotations from 'Jekyll and Hyde' with the character.

In 'Jekyll and Hyde', Mr. Utterson says that he lets his brother "go to the devil in his own way". What important biblical story does this quotation reference?

that he is not responsible for someone else

that he doesn't care what happens to people

that he is religious and believes in hell and the devil

Mr. Utterson says that he lets his brother "go to the devil in his own way". What does he mean by that?

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Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Writing essays about hypocrisy in 'Jekyll and Hyde'

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.