Intro Quiz: Story of the Door (Part 2)

Video: Story of the Door (Part 2)

﻿Hello, and welcome to today's lesson on "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." We will be reading the second part of chapter one. You will need a pen and something to write on. And it's a good idea to find somewhere quiet that you will be able to concentrate. Here is today's key question. How does Stevenson build tension and apprehension in the opening chapter? Part one. We'll be looking at key vocabulary. In part two of the lesson, we will be looking at a recap of the story so far. In part three, we will complete some reading and answer some questions. In part four, you'll be applying your learning. And then in part five, you will complete the review quiz. Part one. Key vocabulary. In this lesson, we will be learning the words, apprehension and trampled. Apprehension. A definition of this word is a fear or worry that something bad or unpleasant might happen. Here's an example of the word being used in a sentence. "She was filled with apprehension when she saw the storm clouds." And the second example, "Enfield's story causes Utterson to feel apprehension." Here's the second word, trampled. A definition of this word is to step on and crush. The first example of it being used in a sentence is, "Someone has trampled over the flowers and squashed them." And a second example is "Mr. Hyde trampled over the little girl." I would like you to now write two sentences. I want you to write a sentence of your own that uses the word apprehension, and I want you to write a sentence of your own that uses the word trampled. Pause the video so that you can complete your task, and you can resume once you're finished. Part two. Summary and recap. Here's a summary of the "Story of the Door," part one. The reader is introduced to Mr. Utterson, a Victorian gentleman who practises law and is often the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men. He is described as dreary but also somehow lovable, suggesting that he is liked by others. He's a self-restraint character, but has tolerance for others and is curious about their misdeeds. He is friends with Mr. Richard Enfield, which is perhaps surprising as Enfield is a man about town, meaning that he exercises less self-control than Utterson. Despite the difference in their characters, the two look forward to their weekly walks around London. Here's a summary of Mr. Utterson. He's a lawyer. He's a Victorian gentleman who self-restrained and well-respected. He's tolerant of others. He is friends with Mr. Enfield, the well-known man about town, and he goes for walks with him around London. Now, I want you to read the statements below and think about which of them are true. Number one, Mr. Utterson is a doctor. Number two, Mr. Utterson is described as somehow lovable. Number three, Mr. Utterson is tolerant of other people. Number four, Mr. Utterson is a character able to show self-restraint. Number five, Mr. Enfield does not like going on walks with Mr. Utterson. Pause the video so that you can work out which statements are true. Number one. Mr. Utterson is a doctor. That's false. He's a lawyer. Number two, Mr. Utterson is described as somehow lovable. That's true. Number three, Mr. Utterson is tolerant of other people. True. Number four, Mr. Utterson is a character able to show self-restraint, true. Number five, Mr. Enfield does not like going on walks with Mr. Utterson. That's false. Mr. Enfield looks forward to his walks with Mr. Utterson. Pause the video so that you've got a chance to check your answers. Part three. Chapter one, "Story of the Door," part two. Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson are on one of their walks around London when they come across a strange door: The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and disdained. Tramps slouched into the recesses and struck matches on the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the school boy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages. Let's just have a quick look at our glossary. So ravages means damage. And disdained, which is why how the door is described, means that it's in this context, stained or discoloured. "Did you ever remark that door?" he asked. And when his companion had replied in the affirmative. "It disconnected in my mind," added he, "with a very odd story." "Indeed?" said, Mr Utterson, with a slight change of voice, "And what was that?" "Well, it was this way," returned Mr. Enfield. "I was coming home from someplace at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. Street after street and all the folks asleep, street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church, till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman. All at once, I saw two figures, one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street. Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner, and then came the horrible part of the thing, for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. It wasn't like a man. It was like some damned juggernaut. I gave a few halloa, took to my heels, collared my gentleman, and brought him back to where there was already quite a group about the screaming child. He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running. The people who had turned out were the girl's own family, and pretty soon the doctor, for whom she had been sent, put in his appearance. I wanted to draw your attention to two words here. Juggernaut, a force to crushes everything in its path, and halloa, it's a loud shout. Now, pause the video so that you can answer the questions below. Question one. Mr. Enfield tells Mr. Utterson about what he saw walking home one night. What is it that Mr.Enfield witnesses? Question two. Why do you think Mr. Enfield describes the man as it instead of he? Question three. Look at this quotation from the extract. "The man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see." A, what is the description of the man trampling calmly over the little girl suggest about his character? What word does Enfield used to tell you that he found witnessing the scene upsetting? Now you can check your answers. Remember, they might not appear exactly as they're written down here. And if you want to take any notes, then that's absolutely fine. Question one. Mr. Enfield witnesses a mysterious man trampling over the little girl. Question two. The fact Mr. Enfield describes the man as it, suggests he doesn't see them as human. He is more like a monster. Pause the video so you can check your work. Finally, question three. Pause the video so you can check your answer to this question. The fact the man trampled calmly over the little girl suggests he is a dangerous and unpleasant character. The verb trampled shows that he has shown little respect for her and crushed her underfoot. The fact he does this calmly is alarming, as it suggests he does not care about the fact he might be injuring her. Enfield describes witnessing this as hellish, suggesting that he has been upset by what he has seen, and even that he thinks there was something evil about the act. Now let's go back to the text: Well, the child was not much the worst, more frightened, according to the Sawbones, and there you might've supposed to be an end to it. But there was one curious circumstances. I had taken a loathing to my gentlemen at first sight. So had the child's family, which was only natural. But the doctor's case was what struck me. He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent and about as emotional as a bagpipe. Well, sir, he was like the rest of us. Every time he looked at my prisoner, I saw that Sawbones turn sick and white with desire to kill him. Let's just have a quick look at our glossary. So Sawbones is a doctor, and loathing is a kind of intense hatred. We told the man we could and would make such a scandal out of this as should make his name stink from one end of London to the other. "I am naturally helpless. No gentlemen but wishes to avoid a scene," says he. Scandal means a public shame or disgrace. "Name your figure." Well, we screwed him up to a hundred pounds for the child's family. He would have clearly liked to stick out, but there was something about the lot of us that met mischief, and at last he struck. The next thing was to get the money, and where do you think he carried us, but to a place with the door? Whipped out a key, went in, and presently came back with the matter of ten pounds in gold and the check for the balance on Coutts's. That's a private and exclusive bank. Drawn payable to bearer and signed with a name that I can't mention, though it's one of the points of my story. But it was a name at least very well known and often printed. "Tut-tut," said Mr. Utterson. "I see you feel as I do," said Mr. Enfield. "Yes, it's a bad story. For my man was a fellow that nobody could have to do with, a really damnable man, and the person that drew the check is the very pink of the properties, celebrated too. And what makes it worse, one of your fellows who do what they call good. Blackmail, I suppose. An honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth." A caper is a prank or adventure. "Blackmail House is what I call the place with the door, in consequence. Though, even that, you know, was far from explaining all," he added, and with the words fell into a vein of musing. "Hm," said Mr. Utterson. "What sort of a man is he to see?" "He's not easy to describe, but there's something wrong with his appearance, something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere, he gets a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point. He's an extraordinary looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir, I can make no hand of it. I can't describe him. And it's not want of memory, for I declare I can see him this moment." Now, pause the video so you can answer the questions below. Question one. What is the mysterious man forced to do in order to avoid a scandal? Question two. What is surprising about the signature on the check that the man produces? Question three. How does Enfield explain the signature? Now, pause the video so that you can answer question four. Read this quotation from the extract again. "He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance, something displeasing, something downright detestable." Pick out three words that Enfield uses to describe the man. What do these words suggest Enfield feels about the man? Now you can check your answers. Question one. He is forced to pay compensation, to give money, to the girl's family. Question two. The signature on the check is from a well-known and celebrated man who does good. Question three. Enfield suspects that the man whose name is on the check is being blackmailed. Question four. Enfield uses the words wrong, displeasing and detestable. They suggest the Enfield hates this man and feels deeply unsettled by him. Pause the video so that you can check your answer. Part four. Applying our learning. Let's go back to our key question. How does Stevenson build tension and apprehension in the opening chapter? Write a short response to the question above. Spend at least 15 minutes writing. You may wish to mention what he does to the girl, the language used to describe him, the check with the celebrated man's signature, how Enfield describes him. I want you to try and include these words. Apprehension, trampled and tension. Pause the video to give yourself a chance to complete your answer. You will then be shown a couple of model answers, and you're welcome to take notes from those. Here is an example answer. Stevenson builds tension and apprehension when Enfield describes a man who trampled calmly over the little girl. This creates a sense of apprehension as the character who has done this does not cared about whether he has hurt the girl, suggesting here's a dangerous and unpleasant man. Also, Enfield describes the man as it, suggesting that he is more like a monster than a man. The fact that the mysterious man is able to produce a check with a celebrated man's name on it, creates apprehension as the reader questions how such a hellish man could know a respectable member of society. Tension has also created when Enfield describes the man as wrong and detestable, suggesting that the man's appearance is deeply unsettling and frightening. Here is a more developed answer. Stevenson builds tension and apprehension when Enfield describes a man who trampled calmly over the little girl. This violent act creates the impression of a character who does not care about harming others. The fact he acts calmly is shocking as it suggests, he is accustomed to behaving like this and has little empathy for the young girl. Additionally, Enfield describes the man using the pronoun it, implying that he can barely recognise him as human. The fact that this mysterious man is able to produce a check signed by a celebrated gentlemen, furthers the feeling of apprehension as the reader questions what their relationship might be and how such a hellish individual could know a respectable gentlemen. Finally, Enfield's inability to fully describe the man other than knowing he is somehow wrong, creates a sense of unease. Well done. We have now nearly completed the lesson. The final thing to do is to complete part five, the review quiz. You've worked really hard today. Well done for that. Next lesson we're going to be looking at chapter two, "Search for Mr. Hyde," and we're going to be learning a little bit more about the strange man who appeared in today's story. If you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak. That's all for today's lesson. Goodbye.

Exit Quiz: Story of the Door (Part 2)

Completed: Story of the Door (Part 2)

In this chapter, Mr. Enfield tells a disturbing story about a mysterious and uncivilised man who seems to have a connection with a respectable Victorian gentleman. We will look at how Stevenson uses language and characterisation to build tension and apprehension.

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