Jekyll + Hyde

• What is the relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the novel?


  They are considered to be a single character representing opposite forces within a person.
• How does Stevenson use the contrast between Jekyll and Hyde?


  To illustrate that every human contains both good and evil within them.
• What does the interrelationship between Jekyll and Hyde signify in the novel?


  • They constitute one single character.
  • Their dynamic gives the novel its power.
  • Neither character is interesting alone.
• How does Jekyll's character appear to society?


  He appears as a moral and decent man engaged in charity work.
• What does Jekyll's experiment aim to achieve?


  To purify his good side from his bad side.
• What is the outcome of Jekyll's experiments?


  He separates his bad side but remains mixed as before.
• What does Jekyll attribute his failure in the experiments to?


  His state of mind and dark urges like ambition and pride.
• What happens to Hyde as the novel progresses?


  Hyde gradually dominates both personas until Jekyll no longer exists.
• What does the emergence of Hyde suggest about Jekyll's character?


  It suggests that Hyde was always a latent force within Jekyll.
• How is Hyde described in relation to human nature?


  Hyde resembles a "troglodyte," suggesting a primitive aspect of humanity.
• What does the novel imply about the nature of man and civilization?


  It suggests that man's primitive, amoral nature is repressed by civilization.
• What happens once the bonds of civilization are broken according to the novel?

  It becomes impossible to reestablish them, leading to Hyde permanently replacing Jekyll.
• What does Stevenson suggest about the dark side of man in Victorian England?


  It remains strong enough to devour anyone who unleashes it.
• "Mr Hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of the breath"
• "Snarled aloud with savage laugh"
• "Large, well-made, smoothed faced man of fifty"
• "I only ask you to help him for my sake when I'm no longer here"