science vs religion

• "i beg you spare me any allusion to one whom i regard as dead."


  stevenson presents Lanyon's emotions very clearly: one of jekyll's oldest friends views him as "dead" due to what he has done as it was blasphemous. The language stevenson uses is charged with passion nd emotion. The repetition of "i" illustrates that Lanyon feels he is in control of the situation and has control over jekyll.
• "there lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching."


  this shows Jekyll eventually killed himself as his desire to experiment made Hyde stronger. The use of the phrase "sorely consorted" illustrates how science changed who Jekyll was and influenced who he became. It tainted his very self.
• "oh god... oh god..." - Lanyon


  Lanyon cannot from a rational or religious viewpoint understand the transformation of Hyde. Hyde's actions have previously been described as having "satan's signature upon his face" illustrating that Hyde is a beast from hell. Quickly afterwards, Lanyon dies as his health deteriorates because of Jekyll's revelation.
• "God bless me, the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic." - Utterson


  troglodytic means caveman-like showing regression and links to evolution. It has juxtaposing ideas to the ideas of religion and science.