Jekyll

• "Unscientific balderdash" - chapter 2 - science vs supernatural


  -Lanyon describes Jekylls research as nonsensical - they are in disagreement concerning what constitutes science

  -their disagreement is representative of the controversy in Victorian Britain
• "A large, well made, smooth-faced man of fifty... every mark of capacity and kindness"

  Chapter 3 - reputation


  -Victorian society commonly believed in physiognomy - the fact Jekyll doesn't have any criminal flaws shows the facade of respectability and falsity of physiognomy

  -the first tangible description of Jekyll presents him as artificial - he's the archetype of a responsible gentlemen yet almost to the extent he seems manufactured

  -"smooth faced man of fifty" - unorthodox and perhaps even paradoxical as typically he would be etched with wrinkles and signs of age

  -he is the antithesis of Hyde - he is "large" compared to Hyde's "particularly small" stature and his "capacity of kindness" contrasts Hydes evil nature
• "Dr Jekyll looking deadly sick" - chapter 5 - innocence vs violence


  -Jekylls power in the battle against Hyde is dwindling as he begins to indulge more in the endeavours of Hyde

  -This also juxtaposes the prior chapter title "Dr Jekyll was quite at ease", which shows the fragility of his composure and Jekylls power over his inner evils
• "Very low. It will not last long, thank god" - chapter 7 - religion


  -Jekyll seems to engage with religion colloquially, "thank god" is almost idiomatic we know it is not genuine as it will be science that brings about the termination of his current state

  -religion is losing its significance in the name of science as shown by the syntax - God is at the end of the sentence alike to how it is last on his mind
• "I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one but truly two" - chapter 10 - duality


  -verb "doomed" - alludes to ecclesiastical judgement - he fears god and how he will be perceived in the eyes of religious expectation - sense of remorse

  -noun "shipwreck" - presents the danger of his realisation, it hyperbolises the psychological suffering that he endured

  -repetition of "truly" - implies that this is coming from a place of rationality and that his discovery is the truth
• "My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring" - chapter 10 - repression


  - metaphorical verb "caged" depicts the repression of Victorian society/religion - throughout the text there is a perpetuated theme of suffering and toxic austerity

  -"caged" - animalistic allusions suggesting this pleasure seeking hedonism and perhaps later evil, is instinctive