General quotes

Question 1

Chapter 2, pg 15

“Oh my poor old Henry Jekyll, if i ever read….”

religion, friendship, Jekyll, supernatural

Answer 1

“… Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.”

sibilance, juxtaposition, biblical reference

• Hydes been approved by Satan
• ‘friend’, juxtaposes immediately from ‘satan’
• contextually relates to religion - being against it
• shouldnt keep friends like this

Question 2

Chapter 1, pg 1

“I incline to Cains heresy… I let

religion, reputation, opposite of repression, mr utterson

Answer 2

….my brother go to the devil in his own way”

biblical allusion

• ‘Cain’ and ‘abel’ were sons of Adam, and Cain murdered abel.
• hes ‘inclined’ to the dark side.
• foreshadows what happens in the book, lets Jekyll decline and turns the other cheek
• only gets involved at the end of the text when hes forced to - ignore eachothers sins
• contextually relates to being a victorian gentleman and reputation.

Question 3

Chapter 10, pg 68

“I felt…

Hyde, Jekyll

Answer 3

….younger, lighter, happier in body”.

rule of 3

• Jekyll transforming into Hyde is not just the matter of transforming his personality and physical nature, its symbolism of the idea of the thoughts and feelings we have (morals)
• sounds like an addict, Hyde symbolises negativity.
• evil is enticing him, slave to his desires.
• contextually relates to the societal restraints of the victorian era, and how jekyll is the only one who chooses to live how he wants
• relates to stevensons wants to escape from these standards too.

Question 4

hapter 10, pg 69

“All human beings…. commingled out of good and evil:…

duality

Answer 4

….and edward hyde alone….was pure evil”

‘pure’ adjective, ‘commingled’ verb

• what makes jekyll and hyde so unique is that they are housed in two seperate bodies which are living amongst society
• shows how if we dont control the duality on both extremes, highlights how we will become lost and shattered
• admittance that we are a commingle of good and bad, but becoming fully bad, you know something is wrong.
• contextually relating to freuds theory of the superego and the id

Question 5

Chapter 10, pg 79

“i sat in the sun… the animal within me licking the chops of memory;….

violence, jekyll/hyde, repression

Answer 5

….the spiritual side a little drowsed.”

pathetic fallacy, zoomorphism, juxtaposition, metaphor

• hyde is dying to come out, licking the chops of memory (trampling the hirl, murding sir danvers carew).
• shows how animalistic Hyde is.
• felt free
• ‘spiritual side drowsed’, religion being pushed out (when religion goes evil comes).
• contextually relates to the victorian era and Darwin (we are all derived from animals)

Question 6

Chapter 6, pg 36

“If I am the cheif of sinners,…

religion

Answer 6

…. I am the cheif of sufferers also.”

biblical allusion

• Jekyll is hated most of the time by the reader as we dont know much abiut him, however this quote highlights the theme of not messing with God.
• contextually relates to victorian gentlemen all being religious, and that trying to imitate god is disgraceful
• ‘if i have done bad then i have also suffered most with my sins’
• selfish to think he is suffering the most

Question 7

Chapter 4, pg 23

“With ape like fury, he was….

Hyde, Violence, morality

Answer 7

… trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows….. bones were audibly shattered”

simile, sensory imagery,

• ‘the bones’ objectifying carew as he is definitely already dead
• Contextually relates to Darwins theory of evolution - uninvolved creature stuck in the timeline of evolution
• work of an animal - jekyll has gone backwards on evolution (not made any advancements like he wanted/expected, rather the opposite.

Question 8

Chapter 1, pg 3

“The man trampled calmly….

Violence, Morality, Hyde

Answer 8

…. and left her screaming on the ground. ait sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see.”

oxymoron

• Freuds theory - example of the Id in full flow
• not an enemy, just trampling an innocence
• letting the evil and desires take over.
• ‘tramples calmly’ highlights the utter violence and horrible thing hes just done

Question 9

Chapter 1, pg 2

“The street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood….

class contrast

Answer 9

….like a fire in a forest.”

simile

• this house contrasts and stands out like a sore thumb in the neighbourhood
• can tell where the poor and rich lived
• brings the divide and injustice of london home.
• comtextually represents

Question 10

Chapter 5, pg 29

“I swear to God…I swear to God…..

religion, reputation

Answer 10

…. I will never set eyes on him again.”

bublical reference, repetition

• absolute promise, hes trying to convince himself
• hes lying to himself and to everyone that he is not mr hyde, in a way hes in denial
• God is the superego, victorian gentleman meant to be faithful believers of christianity