Hyde Flashcards
Chapter 1 : ‘Like satan’
• religious comparison
• devilish nature (behaves immorally)
• victorian reader would be appalled because they living in a religious society (unorthodox)
• He depicts the horror of society
• Enemy to mankind (duplicitous)
Chapter 1 : ‘Damned juggernaut’
• juxtaposition because he is earlier described as a ‘little man’ (dual) contrasts and contradicts his power (supernatural)
• Hyde is a harsh and aggressive character
• The adjective ’damned’ links to the theme of Hell, and being cursed to go there
Chapter 1 : ‘Trampled calmly’
OXYMORON
• the word ‘trampled’ emphasises the depraved character Hyde and how he isn’t affected by the nature of his actions.
• by attacking the young girl ‘calmly’ this makes him seem careless, so we depict him as monstrous (ADVERB)
• the choice of victim shows that he’s immoral as a character and doesn’t care about his responsibility to society.
• the audience would see Mr Hyde as a aberration as he acts in a strange way (unjustified)
Chapter 1 : ‘Something wrong with his appearance’,‘displeasing’ , ‘ detestable’ and ‘ deformed’
• Enfield is struggling to describe Hyde because he has never seen evil in human form.
• the alliteration of the three words emphasises the displeasement of him and his appearance.
• his sinister presence would frighten a Victorian audience
• pure evil (there’s nothing else to describe him, apart from being a debased character)
Chapter 2 : ‘My Hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of the breath’
Reference to Hyde’s supernatural nature and how he is an aberration to society. The VERB ‘hissing’ is associated with a snake. Snakes can be dangerous and linked to the devil, Stevenson suggests Hyde is a threat.
Chapter 2 :
Utterson tells Hyde about their acquaintance to which Hyde responds ‘he never told you,’ cried Mr Hyde, with a flush of anger. The word ‘cried’ and phrase ‘flush of anger’ tell us Hyde is very immotive and react strongly to such a little thing. Volatile character who doesn’t keep keep his emotions in check, this contrasts with Uttersons character and presents Hyde as uncivilised. He is arrogant and hotheaded because he feels superior to Utterson.
