hydes appearance

• How do observers describe Hyde's appearance?

  Repulsively ugly and deformed
• What does Hyde's physical ugliness symbolize?

  His moral hideousness and warped ethics
• How might the audience of Stevenson’s time view the connection between ugliness and wickedness?

  As more than symbolic, possibly scientific
• What belief did many people hold regarding physiognomy?


  Criminals could be identified by appearance
• What does Hyde's small stature represent in relation to Jekyll?

  His repressed dark side prevented from flourishing
• What might Hyde's hairiness indicate about his nature?

  He embodies Jekyll’s animalistic instincts
• What are the key characteristics of Hyde's appearance as described by observers?

  • Repulsively ugly
  • Deformed
  • Small
  • Shrunken
  • Hairy
• How does Hyde's character relate to Jekyll's duality?

  • Hyde is Jekyll's dark side
  • Represents repressed instincts
  • Embodies animalistic nature beneath Jekyll's exterior