Fiche : Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde : les deux visages d'un homme (4e)

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Dr Jekyll is a respectable doctor.	Le Dr Jekyll est un médecin respectable.
He drinks a potion and transforms into Mr Hyde.	Il boit une potion et se transforme en M. Hyde.
Mr Hyde is cruel and violent.	M. Hyde est cruel et violent.
Every person has a good side and a dark side.	Chaque personne a un bon côté et un côté sombre.
Soon, he couldn't control the transformations.	Bientôt, il ne pouvait plus contrôler les transformations.
The mystery is solved at the end.	Le mystère est résolu à la fin.

Dans ce court roman de l'Écossais Robert Louis Stevenson (1886), le Dr Jekyll, un médecin respecté de Londres, invente une potion (a potion) pour séparer le bien et le mal (good and evil) qui sont en lui. En la buvant, il se transforme en Mr Hyde, un homme cruel qui commet des crimes. Peu à peu, il ne peut plus contrôler (couldn't control) les transformations. L'enquête est menée par son ami l'avocat Utterson, et le mystère n'est révélé qu'à la fin. Aujourd'hui, « Jekyll and Hyde » désigne une personne à double personnalité.

Mise en situation : le cours de littérature

Teacher : Who is Mr Hyde in Stevenson's novel?

Qui est M. Hyde dans le roman de Stevenson ?

Felix : He's the dark side of Dr Jekyll. Jekyll drinks a potion and transforms into Hyde.

C'est le côté sombre du Dr Jekyll. Jekyll boit une potion et se transforme en Hyde.

Teacher : Why did Jekyll create the potion?

Pourquoi Jekyll a-t-il créé la potion ?

Lina : He wanted to separate the good and the evil inside him. But it was a terrible mistake.

Il voulait séparer le bien et le mal en lui. Mais c'était une terrible erreur.

Felix : In the end, he couldn't control the transformations. Hyde was taking over!

À la fin, il ne pouvait plus contrôler les transformations. Hyde prenait le dessus !

Teacher : Exactly. And today, we still say someone has a "Jekyll and Hyde" personality.

Exactement. Et aujourd'hui, on dit encore que quelqu'un a une personnalité « Jekyll et Hyde ».

À retenir

a doctor, a lawyer, a potion, a transformation, a crime, good and evil, a dark side, a personality, a mystery.
He wanted to... ; couldn't control ; was taking over ; transforms into ; is solved (passif) ; Why did he...?

Exercice 1 : Jekyll et Hyde : exercice 1 (QCM)

« une potion »
1. a position
2. a portion
3. a potion
« le bien et le mal »
1. well and evil
2. good and bad of
3. good and evil
« se transformer en »
1. to transform into
2. to transformed into
3. to transform in of
« son côté sombre »
1. his dark side
2. his darkness side of
3. his black part
« Il ne pouvait pas contrôler... »
1. He couldn't control...
2. He couldn't controlling...
3. He can't controlled...
« une erreur »
1. a mystery
2. a mistake
3. a mist
« Le mystère est résolu. »
1. The mystery is solved.
2. The mystery is solving.
3. The mystery solved is.
« Pourquoi a-t-il créé la potion ? »
1. Why did he create the potion?
2. Why did he created the potion?
3. Why he created the potion?
« prendre le dessus »
1. to take up of
2. to take over
3. to overtake on
L'auteur du roman :
1. Oscar Wilde
2. Bram Stoker
3. Robert Louis Stevenson

Exercice 2 : Jekyll et Hyde : exercice 2 (à compléter)

He's the dark .......................... of Dr Jekyll.
Jekyll drinks a .......................... .
He transforms .......................... Hyde.
Why .......................... Jekyll create the potion?
He wanted to separate good and .......................... .
It was a terrible .......................... .
He .......................... control the transformations.
Hyde was taking .......................... !
The mystery is .......................... at the end.
Mr Hyde is cruel and .......................... .

Exercice 3 : Jekyll et Hyde : mise en situation

Qui est M. Hyde ?
1. Whose is Mr Hyde?
2. Who's is Mr Hyde?
3. Who is Mr Hyde?
Il se transforme en Hyde.
1. He transform into Hyde.
2. He transforms into Hyde.
3. He transforms in Hyde of.
Pourquoi Jekyll a-t-il créé la potion ?
1. Why did Jekyll create the potion?
2. Why did Jekyll created the potion?
3. Why Jekyll created the potion?
Il voulait séparer le bien et le mal.
1. He wants to separate good and evil yesterday.
2. He wanted separate good and evil.
3. He wanted to separate good and evil.
C'était une terrible erreur.
1. It were a terrible mistake.
2. It was a terrible mistake.
3. It was a terrible mystery.
Il ne pouvait plus contrôler les transformations.
1. He couldn't controlled the transformations.
2. He can't control the transformations any more yesterday.
3. He couldn't control the transformations any more.
Hyde prenait le dessus.
1. Hyde was take over.
2. Hyde was taking over.
3. Hyde taking over.
Chaque personne a un côté sombre.
1. Each person have a dark side.
2. Every persons have a dark side.
3. Every person has a dark side.
Le mystère est résolu à la fin.
1. The mystery is solved in the end of.
2. The mystery solves at the end.
3. The mystery is solved at the end.
Il a une personnalité double.
1. He have a split personality.
2. He has a double of personality.
3. He has a split personality.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) a potion · 2. c) good and evil · 3. a) to transform into · 4. a) his dark side · 5. a) He couldn't control... · 6. b) a mistake · 7. a) The mystery is solved. · 8. a) Why did he create the potion? · 9. b) to take over · 10. c) Robert Louis Stevenson

Exercice 2

1. side · 2. potion · 3. into · 4. did · 5. evil · 6. mistake · 7. couldn't · 8. over · 9. solved · 10. violent

Exercice 3

1. c) Who is Mr Hyde? · 2. b) He transforms into Hyde. · 3. a) Why did Jekyll create the potion? · 4. c) He wanted to separate good and evil. · 5. b) It was a terrible mistake. · 6. c) He couldn't control the transformations any more. · 7. b) Hyde was taking over. · 8. c) Every person has a dark side. · 9. c) The mystery is solved at the end. · 10. c) He has a split personality.