curiosity

• "Will you be wise? Will you be guided? ... or has the greed of curiosity too much command of you?"

  Hyde's dialogue has similarities to Satan here as he tries to tempt Lanyon into giving into his curiosity.

  ~Chapter 9
• "Hitherto it had touched him on the intellectual side alone; but now his imagination also was engaged, or rather enslaved..."


  Utterson represses his curiosity of Hyde with little success; it has 'too much command' of him.

  ~Chapter 2
• "If he could but once set eyes on him, he thought the mystery would lighten and perhaps roll altogether away, as was the habit of mysterious things when well examined."


  Utterson is trying to convince himself that once he sees Hyde, he will be able to free himself from his curiosity about him, which is growing by the hour. Utterson's confidence that rational examination of the facts would clear up the mystery highlights his position as a respectable lawyer in the Victorian era. The story throws this common Victorian assumption into question, as rational examination fails to satisfy many of the characters in the face of mysterious, supernatural events.

  ~Chapter 2
• "If he shall be Mr Hyde... I shall be Mr Seek."


  Utterson is shown to be a curious character as he states his determination to finding out about Hyde.

  ~Chapter 2
• "Such unscientific balderdash"


  Lanyon shows his disgust to Jekyll's radical ways and his scientific curiosity is shown to be looked down upon by others.

  ~Chapter 2
• "He eyed the dingy windowless structure with curiosity"


  Utterson is curious of Jekyll's lab and the secrets which it holds.

  ~Chapter 5
• "If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also."


  Jekyll believes his scientific curiosity was a sin and he suffers the consequences of no longer being able to control this addictive vice.

  ~Chapter 6
• "It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it"


  Utterson finds that he can restrict his curiosity over reading Lanyon's letter but cannot fully overcome it.

  ~Chapter 6
• " a singularly strong, almost inordinate curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr Hyde"


  Utterson finds himself overcome with excessive curiosity at the prospect of seeing Hyde.

  ~Chapter 2