Jekyll & Hyde Extract Essay Question Walk-throughs x3 | Setting & Atmosphere, Good & Evil, Science | GCSE English Literature AQA

3 detailed walk-throughs of an approach to brainstorming, analysing and planning answers to the extract essay questions below.

• brainstorm mind-map
• annotated line-by-line analysis of the extract
• analysis of points and quotes on the essay question from the rest of the novel
• sample essay structure and essay writing exam technique
• 4-6 slides each

Extract Essay Questions:

• Starting with this extract, explore how Stevenson uses settings to create a disturbing and threatening atmosphere.
  EXTRACT from Chapter 8 beginning ‘It was a wild, cold, seasonable night of March’, ending with ‘“They’re all afraid,” said Poole.’
  [AQA Nov/Jun 2021 Paper 1N Q1]

• Starting with this extract, explore how Stevenson presents ideas about good and evil in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
  EXTRACT from Chapter 10 beginning ‘I knew myself, at the first breath’, ending with ‘and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil’ [AQA Jun 2020 Paper 1 Q7]

• Starting with this extract, explore how Stevenson presents ideas about science in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
  EXTRACT from Chapter 9 beginning ‘Here I proceeded to examine its contents’, ending with ‘I loaded an old revolver, that I might be found in some posture of self-defence’.

How to use this resource:
-Students: for revision & as an example of how to approach an extract essay question step-by-step. Suitable for all exam boards.
-Teachers & Tutors: in a lesson, creating your own mind map with students, and following the steps for building an essay structure, with the slides available for ideas or an example to students.

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