Jekyll & Hyde Knowledge Organiser | GCSE

Complete Jekyll & Hyde knowledge organiser: character profiles, chapter summaries, quotations, themes, gothic form & context — GCSE ready.

A comprehensive 22-page knowledge organiser for Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, built to support GCSE English Literature teaching and revision (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas).

What’s included:

Character summaries for all 8 characters, including Jekyll, Hyde, Utterson, Lanyon, Enfield, Poole, Sir Danvers Carew and Mr Guest
In-depth profiles of the four main characters: Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde, Utterson and Dr Lanyon
Chapter-by-chapter summaries covering plot, themes and characters present in each chapter
Chapter-by-chapter quotation bank, plus a core quotations section for quick revision
Six major themes explored in detail: duality, secrecy, reputation, violence, scientific discovery, and good vs evil
Literary form section covering the Gothic genre, setting, and other key literary terms
Historical and social context: Robert Louis Stevenson, Victorian London, the Victorian gentleman, Darwin and evolutionary theory, and Freud’s theory of the mind
A glossary of analytical vocabulary to help students write with more precision
A curated list of further reading and resources

How to use it:

As an introductory or overview resource at the start of the unit
Broken into sections for individual lessons, starters or homework
As a structured revision guide ahead of mocks or GCSEs
For retrieval practice and self-quizzing
As a stretch resource for students aiming for top-band context and analysis marks

Supplied as an editable Word document, so you can adapt the content and layout to suit your own scheme of work.