Hyde

Question 1

What does Hyde do to people when they see him?

Answer 1

Gives them ‘a nausea and a distaste for life’

Question 2

When Utterson approaches Hyde, what does Hyde do?

Answer 2

Shrinks back ‘with a hissing intake of breath’

Question 3

Hyde’s animalistic laugh

Answer 3

‘Snarled aloud into a savage laugh’

Question 4

How did Hyde trample the girl?

Answer 4

‘Like some damned Juggernaut’

Question 5

What is the paradox and example of duality regarding Hyde’s descriptions?

Answer 5

‘Like some damned juggernaut’ (juggernauts are known for massive size and destructiveness)
‘Little man’

Question 6

What could Stevenson be suggesting about the mind with Hyde’s character?

Answer 6

That our subconscious is more primal and closer to nature than out conscious. (Related to Freud’s work)

Question 7

Expand on the fact that Carew represents the upper class of Victorian London

Answer 7

‘Old-world kindness of disposition’ related to the Victorian class who were worries about the influx of people that weren’t like them. (Hyde - his actions ‘startled London’

Question 8

How does Hyde represent the dangers of London?

Answer 8

He lives in Soho, a place where respectable victorians wouldn’t go (at least not publicly)