Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case Flashcards
“I was born in the year 18 - to a large fortune”.
Jekyll already wealthy before becoming a scientist
“I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two”.
Theme of duality
Metaphor
Dual nature of man
“There was something strange in my sensations, something indescribably new and, from its very novelty, incredibly sweet. I felt younger, lighter, happier in body”.
Used to enjoy the way he felt as Hyde
Positive
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“I was the first that ever did so for his pleasures. I was the first that could thus plod in the public eye with a load of genial respectability, and in a moment, like a schoolboy, strip off these lendings and spring headlong into the sea of liberty”.
Proud of achievements
Simile and metaphor implies freedom
“It was Hyde, after all, and Hyde alone, that was guilty. Jekyll was no worse; he woke again to his good qualities seemingly unimpaired; he would even make haste, where it was possible, to undo the evil done by Hyde”.
Jekyll not taking any responsibility
Not proud of his achievements
“Yes, I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde”.
Losing control over transformations
“I began to reflect more seriously than ever before on the issues and possibilities of my double existence”.
Sense of worry that Jekyll will get overtaken by Hyde
“I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse”.
Jekyll’s lost control over who he is
“My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring”.
Animal imagery
Biblical reference
Hyde tried to suppress feelings but anger built up and his true nature was revealed
“I was once more Edward Hyde”.
Hasn’t had to drink potion to become Hyde
No control over his own body
“It was the horror of being Hyde that racked me”.
Still has thoughts about being Jekyll despite all of the things he loves about being Hyde
“I find it in my heart to pity him”.
Jekyll feels sorry for Hyde
“I sent out for a fresh supply, and mixed the draught; the ebullition followed, and the first change of colour, not the second; I drank it and it was without efficiency”.
Can’t get right chemical balance to control whether he’s Jekyll or Hyde
“I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end”.
Only way for unhappiness to end was by killing himself
What are the main themes explored in Jekyll and Hyde?
Duality Secrecy Death Science Friendships
