Hyde Main Quotations Flashcards
Analyse the quotation - “__________ Along”
Stamping
Present participle verb
This connotes ideas of him being animalistic or subhuman due to his lack of gentlemanly mannerisms like self-control when walking which most respect men at this time would have. Furthermore, this would mean that Hyde would be seen as lower class and brings forth ideas of the born criminal theory, that criminals, who tend to be lower class, have specific attributes like being animalistic or vulgar.
Analyse the quotation - “Trampled _______”
Calmly
Oxymoron
This represents Hyde’s lack of humanity and his amorality, which could be a form of presenting his class and demonic nature. This is more significant due to the contemporary Christian majority who would have had a strong distaste for these attributes. On a deeper level it could be a representation of how a man can be respected in Jekyll and evil in Hyde. This shows how everyone can possess dark elements to their personality when they may appear righteous since even the devil was once an angel.
Analyse the quotation “Satan’s __________”
Signature
Metaphor
This represents Hyde’s lack of humanity and his amorality, which could be a form of presenting his class and demonic nature. This is more significant due to the contemporary Christian majority who would have had a strong distaste for these attributes. On a deeper level it could be a representation of how a man can be respected in Jekyll and evil in Hyde. This shows how everyone can posses dark elements to their personality when they may appear righteous since even the devil was once an angel.
Analyse the quotation - “Downright ___________”
Detestable
Plosive alliteration
This represents Hyde’s lack of humanity and his amorality, which could be a form of presenting his class and demonic nature. This is more significant due to the contemporary Christian majority who would have had a strong distaste for these attributes. On a deeper level it could be a representation of how a man can be respected in Jekyll and evil in Hyde. This shows how everyone can posses dark elements to their personality when they may appear righteous since even the devil was once an angel.
Analyse the quotation - “Damned ___________”
Juggernaut
Metaphor
Shows how Hyde is both devilish and strong, due to his unnatural appearance and how nothing can stop him as he doesn’t care about sinning as Jekyll feels he can get away with anything. The fact that he is inherently going to hell demonstrates his separation from humanity, and the absolutist view a contemporary reader would have on Hyde due to his mannerisms and appearance.
Analyse the quotation - “________ back with a hissing _______”
Shrank, hissing
Zoomorphism
This clearly demonstrates his innate animalistic nature and how Hyde lacks humanity and was not made in God’s image, implying he is demonic. This also shows how he is like a snake, and the devil appeared as a snake to tempt Adam and Eve. This further demonstrates that he is a metaphor for the devil.
Analyse the quotation - “______ of anger”
Flame
Metaphor
The lexical field of flames and anger connote the devil and how Jekyll is letting free his demonic side by attack Sir Danvers Carew, and letting Hyde take over. Him giving into sin this way foreshadows his downfall, as a contemporary Christian view would suggest going against God and societal norms will always lead to a man’s downfall.
Analyse the quotation - “___-like fury”
Ape
Metaphor
This animalistic view on Hyde’s attack shows how giving into these desires were seen to make a man less evolved, like Lombroso’s born criminal theory, which states that criminals or those who kill others for no reason are less evolved than Victorian gentleman, the irony being that Jekyll is the same person, but would not be considered less evolved due to how he appears. This could be an attempt by Stevenson to show that society’s view on the classes is ultimately flawed or an attempt to confirm these norms.
Analyse the quotation - “Had _______ under the stress”
broken
Metaphor
This is a metaphor for Jekyll and Hyde splitting due to the stress of killing Sir Danvers Carew, where the righteous Jekyll wants to reject it whereas Hyde wants to embrace it. This could be a representation of Myers’ multiplex personality disorder, where the mind starts to break when two personalities seem to reside in a person’s mind, this duality that Jekyll creates seems to be presented as his undoing here and thus this marks the beginning of the juxtaposed struggle between the two personalities over control of Jekyll/Hyde.
Analyse the quotation - “Must be ___________ somewhere”
Deformed
Imperative
The idea of Hyde having to be deformed stems from the born criminal theory of Lombroso, and the fact that he is of a lower class, making him inferior to a contemporary reader. It could be an attempt to show how easily people are judged in this time and Stevenson is criticising this by juxtaposing the views of others on Jekyll and Hyde, when in reality they are the same person.
Analyse the quotation - “___, light footstep”
Odd
Rule of three
Hyde is presented as being unhuman simply by nature – links to born criminal theory and class. The fact he is not created in God’s image makes him “Odd”.
Analyse the quotation - “___________”
Troglodytic
Adjective
Links to him being subhuman or primitive, which further links to phrenology and Lombroso’s born criminal theory. This shows his separation from humanity due to his evil and inherently demonic nature. The fact he is compared more to a prehistoric animal than a human indicates that he is amoral.
Analyse the quotation - “The ________ I choose, I can be ___ of Hyde”
Moment, rid
Dramatic irony
Jekyll feels he can control sin, but in reality it ends up controlling him since Hyde takes over and leaves little regard for Jekyll. It may be a coping mechanism for the lack of control by lying. This could be seen as a metaphor for Adam feeling as if there would be no consequences for eating from the tree of knowledge and hence indicate how original sin could be the reason for Jekyll’s second personality.
Analyse the quotation - “________ from among the chemicals”
Jumped
Metaphor
It represents how Hyde is created of the chemicals and is not made in God’s image and that he is animalistic, implying that the person who created Hyde created a demon.
