Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case Flashcards
What is Jekyll’s formidable discovery?
“that man is not truly one, but truly two
A quote showing Jekyll had to indulge in his pleasures in secret, due to the strict societal expectations
“I concealed my pleasures”
A quote which shows Jekyll thinks that from the start of human existence, we have duality
“primitive duality of man”
A quote showing Jekyll had a respectable life set out for him
“every guarantee of an honourable and distinguished future”
A quote where Jekyll says Hyde is evil
“pure evil”
A quote showing Jekyll’s transition into Hyde
“I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse”
A quote where Jekyll depicts Hyde as an animal waiting to come out
“My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring”
“the curse…
“the curse of mankind”
A quote where Jekyll states the extreme to which he is good and evil
“I was radically both”
Why did Jekyll keep his discovery a secret
“burden of our life is bound forever on man’s shoulders”
“discoveries were incomplete”
How did Jekyll feel when he first transformed into Hyde
“felt younger, lighter, happier in body”
“wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil”
A quote showing Jekyll was easily tempted
“my new power tempted me”
A quote showing that friendships is significant to the point that Jekyll would rather be unhappy than alone
“yes, I preferred the elderly and discontented doctor, surrounded by friends”
Hyde was “despised and friendless”
Jekyll marks his death
“this is my true hour of death”
Before Jekyll’s discovery of dualtiy, he had a blissful life.
“I was born… to a large fortune”
“honourable and distinguished future”
“double…
“double-dealer”
A quote where Jekyll says that his 2 juxtaposing personas are truthful
“both sides of me were in dead earnest”
The 2 reasons why Jekyll kept his infamous discovery a secret.
The 1st because he feared to be blames if the duality of man brings destruction.
The 2nd because his discovery was not final.
“burden of our life is bound for ever on man’s shoulders”
“my discoveries were incomplete”
After Jekyll “drank off the potion”, what followed?
“the most racking pangs”
Human beings are a mixture of good and evil
“all human beings… are commingled out of good and evil”
A quote where Jekyll explains the drug responsible for the transformation is neither moral nor evil.
“neither diabolical nor divine”
A quote showing temptation overwhelmed Jekyll, and he felt bound to drinking the potion.
“my new power tempted me”
“I had but to drink the cup”
A quote where Jekyll pushes the responsibility of their malevolent actions onto Hyde.
“it was Hyde… that was guilty”
A quote from Jekyll explaining how he transformed into Hyde unwillingly.
“yes I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde”
Why did Jekyll ultimately chose himslef over Hyde?
“I preferred the elderly and discontended doctor, surrounded by friends”
After Jekyll made a commitment to refrain from transforming into Hyde, at what time did he break this?
“in an hour of moral weakness”
Towards the end, what thought was Jekyll consumed by?
“solely occupied by one thought: the horror of my other self”
