Duality Flashcards
“about three o’clock of a black winter morning”
Enfield is suggested to have engaged in dubious behaviour which contrasts with his reputable portrayal
“She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent”
Conflict between outermost and innermost voice is reflective of the conflict between Jekyll and Hyde
“All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil”
Human nature is not truly one, but truly two. Dr Jekyll is being reflective on his experiment and condemning the existence of Hyde as inhuman.
“That child of hell had nothing human; nothing lived in him but fear and hatred”
“child” has connotations of innocence which are juxtaposed with the idea of “hell”, further reinforcing the disparity between Jekyll and Hyde. “nothing human” evokes fear in the reader
“even as good shone upon the countenance of the one, evil was written broadly and plainly on the face of the other”
The duality of human nature cannot be isolated - the two elements are in delicate equilibrium, disrupting this has terrible consequences.
“I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde”
“awakened” shows a deeper association between the two and implies a fluidity between either state.
“an air of invitation” vs “sinister block of building”
The duality of the city Soho was disgusting where lots of sordid behaviour happened and the other side of London was nicer and cleaner. Geographical Jekyll and Hyde.
“double dose”
“double dealer”
alliterative consonants emphasises the theme of duality here”
There is a “perennial war among members” and the two sides of nature “contended in the field” of his psyche
This warlike imagery alludes to the internal conflict within Jekyll
“my devil had been long caged, he came out roaring.”
This shows how the evil creature within him is released in the cathartic act of transforming into his dark side.
“displeasing smile”
juxtaposition as displeasing is not a term generally associated with smiles. Shows Hyde’s dual nature.
“the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of…abject terror” (chapter 7)
Shows that Jekyll knows his appearance as Hyde will be shocking and unfamiliar to Utterson and Enfield
