Duality

• "for God's sake have mercy!" Chapter: 8


  > Contrasts Hyde's personality from violent to begging for "mercy"

  > Dramatic irony as his constant description close to "Satan" and saying "God's" name
• "My devil has long been caged, and came out roaring" Chapter: 9


  > Hyde = "devil' is the evil personality Jekyll has and reflects how everyone has an evil side

  > The onomatopoeic verb "roaring" connotes he is Jekyll's animalistic side and can be seen as unpredictable
• "in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil " - Jekyll, Chapter 10



  > acknowledges the inherent duality in every person

  > Stevenson presents Edward Hyde as an anomaly—a character who embodies pure evil with no redeeming qualities.
• “ a prodigy to stagger the unbelief of Satan. “ Chapter: 9


  • The transformation of Hyde is so profoundly horrifying that it challenges even the disbelief of Satan himself
  • Hyperbolic expression