Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Context explained to GCSE students

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde GCSE Literature.

It is very imortant for students to understand context or background of the novel.

In this lesson students will undertstand:

The time and place when the text was written. (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written in 1886.)

The writer’s life and personal experiences that may have influenced them to write the text. (What do we know about Robert Louis Stevenson?)

The time and places referred to in the text. (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde set in London in the 1880s)

For a video of this lesson please use the following link:

https://youtu.be/J606vlmhz48