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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

Secrecy and deception

Q13.1 40 marks

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Extract-based option: Jekyll shows Mr Utterson a letter from Hyde which confirms Hyde has gone and will not return.

How does Stevenson present secrecy and deception, in this extract and elsewhere in the novel?

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Marking points

  1. 1 Uses the extract and wider novel.
  2. 2 Explores secrecy, deception and reputation.
  3. 3 Analyses language, motif, structure or setting.

Why this answer loses marks

Jekyll lies about Hyde's letter.

This is plot recall; it needs secrecy across the novel plus Stevenson's motifs and context.