Chapter 1 Flashcards
“Lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow loveable”
Shows the duality of Utterson’s character
“Cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse”
Shows he (Utterson) is an average, uninteresting Victorian
“From someplace at the end of the world, about 3’oclock”
Enfield to Utterson
Shows mystery and gothic feel, as we don’t know what Enfield was doing at that time
“trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground”
Oxymoron of calmly and trampled establishes brutality of Hyde
“It wasn’t like a man, it was like some damned Juggernaut”
Shows how Hyde is more of a monster than a human
“Sawbones turned sick and white with the desire to kill him”
This shows how Hyde brings out the negativity in people
“with a kind of black sneering coolness”
The words sneering and coolness present duality within Hyde
“Really like Satan”
Religious imagery shows how devilish Hyde is
“Tut-tut!”
Shows how Utterson does not gossip - shows he is a respectable Victorian gentleman
“There is something wrong with his appearance, something displeasing, something downright detestable”
Enfield to Utterson
This shows how unnatural Hyde is, shows that he is something supernatural that Enfield cannot put his mouth on