violence

• "trampled calmy"


  Hyde Chapter 1 -

  This quote can be interprested as rape'. Stevenson may be referring to this but had to conceal this because of a fragile Victorian audience. 'trample' = continous harm be treading and 'camly' inidcates he fins it normal/enjoyable.
• "Nearly a year later... London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity"


  Chapter 4 -

  Stevenson moves time nearly a year which provides imagination to think about all the crimes Mr. hyde must have committed. Also, Stevenson may not have described his ghastly details because of the frail victorian audience.
• "Then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane and carrying on... like a madman."


  Maid Chapter 4 -

  'great flame of anger' indicates the fires of hell = suggest he gets his wickedness from hell. 'Stamping is foot' = stubborness and 'brandish' = shows his excitement as it means to wave/flourish. This almost describes an angry/excited monkey.
• "There lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching... body of a self-destroyer"


  Hyde Chapter 8 -

  This image of a dead Hyde/Jekyll is quite disturbing. Dehumanisation of Hyde as he is referred as (by Utterson) a 'self-destroyer
• "I mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow"


  Jekyll as Hyde Chapter 10 -

  Dr. Jekyll is enjoying the act of cruelty. 'mauled' shows animalistic imagery and note that Jekyll says 'I' as if he is taking the blame.