Chapter 10: Duality Flashcards
Jekyll became
‘addicted’ to the freedom of being Hyde
One of the reasons Jekyll made the potion is the fact that he…
‘found it hard to reconcile with my imperious desire to carry my head high and wear more than commonly grave countenance’
Jekyll was interested by the…
‘profound duplicity of life’
Jekyll described the the potion as dangerous
because…
‘I knew well that I risked death’
How did Jekyll describe the feeling of transforming into Hyde?
‘strange’/ ‘new’/ ‘innocent freedom of the soul’
How was the comeback of Hyde described after the 2 months?
‘my devil has long been caged, he came out roaring’
We know Jekyll was addicted to Hyde. How?
‘in an hour of moral weakness, I once again compounded and swallowed the transformation draught’
When Jekyll saw Hyde in the mirror he was…
‘struck through the heart by a cold thrill of terror’
Hyde started to take over Jekyll’s life - how was this described?
‘my evil finally destroyed the balance of my soul’
Jekyll eventually became numb to the transformations - this was described as…
‘a creature eaten up and emptied by fever[…]for the pangs of transformation grew daily less marked’
Jekyll couldn’t (….) because otherwise he would turn into Hyde.
sleep: ‘if I slept or even dozed of for a moment in my chair, it was always Hyde that awakened’
When Hyde was creeping through, how did Jekyll describe it?
‘the powers of Hyde seemed to have grown with the sickliness of Jekyll’
Hyde is often portrayed as Satan - when link is this to Chapter 10?
‘as if something not only hellish but inorganic’
How did Jekyll sign the letter?
‘I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end’
