The Hulk

                                  ‘The Inner Beast Will Be Released’

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Grade Level - 9-12, College

Subject - Language Arts

Keywords - based-on-comic, good-versus-evil, invulnerability, marvel-entertainment, radiation, radical-transformation, sabotage, super-genius, super-strength, super-villain, superhero, based-on-tv-series, monster, rage, part-computer-animation, swat-team, incredible-hulk, marvel-comics, anti-hero, geneticist, genetics, technology, blockbuster, martial-arts

Author - Sarah M. Lane

Affiliation - ClassBrain, Inc.

Date - 3 July, 2003

Duration - 1-4 class periods

Background - Opposites attract, or do they? Recent case studies suggest that people are attracted to those similar in personality and physical appearance to themselves. But we all know that what happens on the outside of a person, is very seldom what is really on the inside. Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, we may all have a hidden personality that only surfaces under the right circumstances. By using the film The Hulk and a downloadable PDF from our Teen section, a compare and contrast essay will show students that there is more to us than meets the eye.

Objective - Do you have another side to your personality? Maybe one that few people have seen? After seeing the film The Hulk, and reading Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, have students write a 3-5 page paper comparing the two. Teachers can set guidelines as they see fit.

Resource & Materials - Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Available Worksheets - None


Film 1: Hulk (2003)

Synopsis - “A top secret military project hires prestigious university students to assist create a cell altering machine called the 'gammasphere'. Lead of the group is arrogant Bruce Banner, mainly complimented by compassionate Betty Ross. When the gammasphere goes wrong, Bruce Banner is afflicted with the ability to turn into a mammoth creature soon dubbed 'The Hulk', a manifestation of his own inner demons that he mutates into when it is emotionally triggered. A ruined, Jeckyll and Hyde man he may be, but a ruined man may prove to be a heroic one when a villain emerges, and close...” - Source - IMDB


Film 2: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Synopsis - “ When Dr. Jekyll experiments on himself, he unwittingly unleashes Hyde, an alter ego of the worst kind.

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