Chapter 1 Key Quotations Flashcards
Utterson’s serious description:
“a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile”
Utterson’s dual nature:
“lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow loveable”; “something eminently human beaconed from his eye”
Utterson’s restraint over his desires:
“he was austere with himself”; he drank when alone “to mortify a taste for vintages”
Utterson is impartial:
“I let my brother go to the devil in his own way”
Utterson is loyal:
“the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men”
Utterson is perhaps tempted by evil:
“wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds”
Utterson is helpful:
“in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove”
London’s pleasant environment:
“the shop fronts stood […] with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen”
Theme of Duality in setting:
“the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest”
Theme of Evil/Duality in setting:
“a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street”
Theme of Secrecy in setting:
The building “showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of discoloured wall”
Gothic Setting for building:
“marks of prolonged and sordid negligence”; “blistered and distained”
Hyde’s attack on the girl:
“trampled calmly”
Dehumanisation of Hyde (theme of physiognomy and atavism):
“it wasn’t like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut” (Enfield)
Hyde’s disturbing appearance (alludes to physiognomy):
“gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running” (Enfield)
