Mr Hyde

• Mr Hyde


  Violent alter-ego of Dr Henry Jekyll, created by Jekyll through scientific experimentation to embody his 'evil' traits
• Mr Hyde


  • Pale and dwarfish
  • Lives a carefree existence
  • Has a house in the sleazy area of Soho, bought for him by Dr Jekyll
  • Has access to Jekyll's house
• Mr Hyde


  Gathers more and more power over Dr Jekyll and eventually becomes his downfall
• Atavism


  Mr Hyde is displayed as much smaller and younger than Dr Jekyll, used to emphasise his criminality
• Repression


  Mr Hyde depicts elements of typically masculine behaviour that men in the Victorian era were expected to conceal and hide
• Fin De Siècle


  Mr Hyde presents many of the fears emerging at the end of the Victorian era, such as the consequences of advances in science and medicine
• Classist system


  Mr Hyde, if considered as a single, unconnected entity, is a member of the working class, whereas Dr Jekyll is upper class
• Mr Hyde


  • Volatile - embodiment of a wholly id-controlled mind, with no thought for remorse or consequences
  • Violent - acts brutally, murdering Sir Carew and trampling a young girl
  • Animalistic - described in a disapproving manner, likened to a creature
• Jekyll


  Jekyll has created Hyde through scientific experimentation to embody his 'evil' traits, and their relationship is central to the narrative
• Utterson


  Takes a severe dislike towards Mr Hyde and begins to investigate the case
• Lanyon


  Discovers that Hyde & Jekyll are the same, and takes a hatred to him immediately
• Enfield


  Deals with Hyde after the incident with the young girl in the first chapter
• "Damned Juggernaut": 'Suggests Hyde is controlled solely by impulse'
• "A man who was without bowels of mercy": 'Highlights that Hyde lacks all morals'
• "So ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running": 'Promotes the gothic conventions of horror and terror'
• "His every act and thought centered on self": 'Emphasises the role of the Freudian id in the character of Hyde, and his self-centred existence'
• "Drinking pleasure with bestial avidity from any degree of torture to another; relentless like a man of stone": 'Highlights Hyde's hedonistic and excessive behaviour, and lack of conscience'
• "He had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness": 'Provides depth to Mr Hyde's character, showing the conflict within him'
• "He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something down-right detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere, he gives a strong feeling of deformity": 'Evokes fear in other characters, and forces the reader to imagine their worst fears in Hyde'
• "The other snarled aloud into a savage laugh; and the next moment, with extraordinary quickness, he had unlocked the door and disappeared into the house": 'Gives a sense of unrestrained and uncontrollable destruction and freedom, highlighting Hyde's supernatural force'
• "There was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature": 'Comments on the true evil personality of Mr Hyde, and could imply that he is the true essence of Dr Jekyll'
• "That masked thing like a monkey jumped from among the chemicals": 'References Darwin's theory of evolution, suggesting Hyde is a degenerate both in the colloquial and scientific fashion'