DJMH Quotes

• "He began to go wrong, wrong in mind"

  repetition - science overstepping moral boundaries + becoming dangerous

  foreshadowing fate + repressed desires
• "The large handsome face of Dr Jekyll grew pale to the lips + there came a blackness about his eyes"

  juxtaposition of light + dark - dual nature of humans explored later

  suspicious + mysterious atmosphere due to Gothic imagery
• "the moment I choose I can be rid of Mr Hyde"

  Originally confident + proud of his creation, in control

  Ambiguous - suspense + emphasises Hyde's enigmatic character
• "If my door is shut even to you, then you must suffer me to go my own dark way"

  symbolism - remarkable change in personality causing seclusion resulting in rising tension

  euphemism - dark side of personality becoming more powerful
• "If I am the chief of sinners, then I am the chief of sufferers also"

  oxymoron - dual nature of man exaggerated

  nihilistic - recognises his disastrous fate + accepts it
• "infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner"

  simile - trapped both bye Hyde's power + Victorian society

  emotive language - suppressing desires has disastrous consequences
• "I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: That man is not truly one but truly two"

  oxymoron - human psyche can be split, Sigmund Freud theories

  inner desires + outward persona in conflict

  everyone capable of good + evil deeds
• "I felt younger, lighter, happier in body"

  juxtaposes normal view of Hyde as repulsive

  list of 3 - freeing nature of Hyde + no longer having to repress desires
• "My devil had long been caged, he came out roaring"

  Biblical allusion - sinful side took control, importance of Heaven and Hell to Victorians

  Personification - inner evil nature that resides in everyone having power

  animal analogy - fear of Atavism

  repression leads to excession
• "Great chocolate pall lowers over heaven"

  Biblical allusion - Jekyll's morals clouded by repressed desires

  Adjective - evil becoming stronger + taking over

  Symbolism - Jekyll's life more shrouded in secrecy
• "Through wider labyrinths of lamplighted city"

  symbolism - Utterson navigating confusion of the case + his own feelings

  metaphor - Utterson trying to shed light on truth; thinks he is doing right thing but he is also indulging in his own hidden desires of curiosity
• "Pale moon lying on her back as though the wind had tilted her"

  personification - creates eerie atmosphere foreshadowing chaos to come due to Jekyll

  AP - peaceful + calm before storm, showing duplicitous nature of London

  Illuminates sides of ourselves we don't like
• "Mournful reinvasion of darkness"

  Personification - Hyde's actions has caused a turn for worse in trajectory of novel

  Symbolic of evil taking over Jekyll
• "Wild, cold, seasonable night of March"


  list of 3 - harshness of nature, possibly as a result of Jekyll defying nature through his science

  pathetic fallacy - emphasises secrecy that fights more to be revealed + reflects Hyde's violent nature

  Gothic tropes
• "Tramps slouched into the recess...tried his knife on the mouldings"

  semantic field of suffering - London's problems hidden behind opportunistic façade

  symbolises good + evil in everyone
• "Fog slept on the wing above the drowned city"

  pathetic fallacy - secrecy descending on Jekyll as he becomes more reclusive

  personification - secrets drowning Jekyll
• "like a district of some city in a nightmare"

  Utterson sees Hyde's house as uncomfortably unfamiliar

  simile - something Hellish could take place, dystopian vibe
• "dingy streets" "furnished with luxury"

  contrast between Hyde's house shows dual nature of man

  evil is more powerful side as it is the one on the outside

  better side on the inside may be symbolic of Jekyll's inner turmoil
• "Sinister blocks of buildings thrust its gable" "sordid negligence" "blistered and distained"

  1st chapter - sets tense + unsettling trajectory for novel

  sibilance - presence of evil rife + inside everybody

  personification - foreshadows demise into evil
• "Trampled calmly"

  oxymoron - no sympathy + callous in comparison to agony pain is in, which is shocking to the readers how someone could be so evil
• "like some damned juggernaut"

  Biblical language - opposite of Christianity, also expletive to demonstrate pure shock

  Unstoppable force against God + mankind rather than a human

  Is he inherently evil or is there an element of Christian prejudice?
• "I saw that sawbones turn sick and white with desire to kill him"

  Ironic - killing Hyde is acceptable since he goes against God
• "There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing"

  repetition - can't pinpoint what's so weird about him - not as evil as they think + instead is prejudice as a result of physiognomy
• "Black sneering coolness/like Satan"

  symbolism - stain on Victorian society society, connotations of mystery + supernatural

  hyperbole - epitome of evil

  Biblical allusion - reiterates how he opposes Christianity
• "snarled aloud into a savage laugh"

  onomatopoeia - growling like a dog, emphasising animalistic qualities + targeting Victorian fears

  sibilance - sadistic + feels no remorse
• "I mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow"

  synaesthesia - Hyde relished off violence, Jekyll felt free within Hyde

  imagery - epitome of pure evil + depicts greed for violence
• "shrank back with a hissing intake of breath"

  Biblical allusion of serpent - temptations of evil in Adam + Eve, representation of Id

  not human qualities - fears he is a product of science

  small yet terrifying - human capabilities without neutralisation of superego
• "broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth"

  hyperbole - no boundaries to violence + has no self-control unlike the average Victorian (Jekyll), which makes the revelation later on even more shocking

  imagery - can commit such a heinous act without any regret
• "lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow loveable"

  list - Utterson is a very average and reserved individual, characteristics that in fact make him respectable in Victorian society
• "had an approved tolerance for others"

  understanding + a listener which can go both ways:

  he doesn't interfere with his friends but at the same time can be too ignorant/careless about his peers
• "of a rugged countenance" "austere with himself"

  He too is a victim of repression due to Victorian society. He sometimes rids himself unnecessarily of his desire to have fun e.g. go to the theatre in order to keep reputation
• "if he shall be Mr Hyde, I shall be Mr Seek"

  pun - curious + persistent nature surrounding Hyde

  He is also indulging in repressed desires, albeit unknowingly, by being so involved in the case
• "his hand to his brow like a man in mental perplexity"

  Pathetic fallacy - his mind is clouded with curiosity surrounding Jekyll

  simile - the case causing him a lot of stress and confusion, perhaps he is too invested?
• "condemned the fear as a disloyalty, and broke the seal"

  He shows that he is willing to go against his friend's words to protect those he cares about - a different perspective to the lack of judgement described previously

  Could also be empowered by his own curiosity, making the act slightly selfish
• "Froze the very blood of the two gentleman below"

  shocked by what they saw at the window but like normal Victorians they repress this emotion to avoid talking about taboos

  Gothic trope - so shocked they cannot think straight
• "God forgive us! God forgive us!"

  Jekyll's transformation is unnatural and blasphemous - only God was believed to have power to create such things
• "borne in upon his mind a crushing anticipation of calamity"

  He has a gut feeling of chaos to come - has good instincts and also shows to care about Jekyll's fate
• "I shall consider it my duty to break the door"

  Has moral obligations to make sure his friends are alright - his compassion for others surfaces more and more throughout the novel
• "My shoulders are broad enough to bear the blame"

  sacrificing honour to do what is right and protective of others - his morals, unlike Jekyll, ultimately champions over his struggles with repressed desires
• "Weeping like a woman or a lost soul"

  women considered to be weak