Jekyll and Hyde

• 'ape-like fury'

  simile describes Hyde as an animal capable of rages, not human.

  shows how Hyde doesn't care about his actions, and has no control over his animalistic behaviour.
• 'if i read Satan's signature upon a face, it is one of your friend'

  'Satan' implies that Hyde is an embodiment of evil himself

  suggest Satan as already signed his fate to the evil as someone who is bound to malice and evil.
• ' certain sinister block of buildings thrust forwards its gable on the street'

  'sinister' adjective highlights the building is evil and has a cruel purpose in the narrative

  verb 'thrust' make build seem intimidating
• 'that man is not truly one, but truly two'

  jekyll thinks that there are two within everyone

  he uses the adjective 'truly' which means honestly or factually.
• 'my devil had been long caged and it came out roaring'

  noun 'devil' symbolises Jekyll's evil side.

  metaphor 'caged' for Hyde

  verb 'roaring' highlights his repression (connotes anger and power.)
• 'trampled calmly over the child's body'

  verb 'trampled' signifies Hyde's evil and suggests aggression

  shows Hyde's violent nature through the juxtaposition of the adverb 'calmly' with out any remorse
• a great chocolate coloured pall lowered over heaven'

  metaphor describing Hyde as the 'pall' emphasizing the evil within him

  pall connotes funerals and death mirroring the death that just occurred.

  pathetic fallacy emphasizes fear in reader and area seem unsafe
• ' he began to go wrong, wrong in the mind'

  Lanyon on his estrangement from Jekyll.

  repetition of 'wrong' emphasizes his concern

  highlights readers anticipation in terms of Jekyll and the truth behind his behaviour