Jekyll and Hyde

• ‘Man is not truly one but truly two’


  -Jekyll

  -duality of man

  -refers to civilised side of humanity (Jekyll) and the other side (Hyde)

  -good vs evil
• ‘Pale and dwarfish’

  • description of hyde
  • pale= lack of life, almost like a vampire
  • dwarfish= below other people both physically and and socially
• ‘If I ever read satans signature upon a face‘

  • utterson describing hyde
  • comparing him to Satan- extreme in 1800s due to religion
  • Work of evil art
• ‘Ape-like fury’

  • description of Hyde by the maid
  • when he killed carew
  • Animalistic- darwins theory of evolution
  • uncontrollable like an ape
• ‘Younger lighter happier’

  • description of Jekyll when Hyde was gone
  • ’lighter’ weight lifted off his conscience
  • Shows effect Hyde had on Jekyll
• ‘If he shall be mr Hyde i shall be mr seek’

  • hydes name is a reference to how he stays hidden
  • He’s everything that exists but Victorian England wanted to turn away from
  • Seek represents uttersons curiosity
• unscientific balderdash
• this was a hearty healthy dapper red-faced gentleman
• had his death warrant written legibly upon his face
• religious science
• if he shall be mr Hyde I shall be mr seek
• lawyer of rugged contenance
• mark of a modest man
• man is not truly one but truly two
• let me go my own dark way and live in dark seclusion
• grew pale to the lips
• there came a blackness about his eyes
• Like some disconsolate prisoner
• suddenly slams down the window
• trampled calmly
• Like some damned juggernaut
• Downright detestable
• Satans signature
• Ape like fury
• Hissing intake of breath
• Savage laugh
• hailed down a storm of blows
• clubbed him to the earth