Hyde Quotes Flashcards
List all of the Hyde Quotes
- “There was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature”
- “The other snarled aloud into a savage laugh: and the next moment with extraordinary quickness, he had unlocked the door and disappeared into the house.”
- “Damned Juggernaut”
- “So ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running”
- “His every act and thought centered on self”
“There was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature”
Abnormal differentiates Hyde from all other beings. in his reference to the “very essence” Stevenson is commenting on the personality of Mr Hyde. This could be implying that Mr Hyde is the true essence of Dr Jekyll.
“The other snarled aloud into a savage laugh: and the next moment with extraordinary quickness, he had unlocked the door and disappeared into the house.”
“savage” and “snarled” gives a sense of unrestrained and uncontrollable destruction and freedom. Hyde is a degenerate. Sibilance reinforces his under-lying sinisterness. “extraordinary quickness” highlights Hyde’s supernatural force.
“Damned Juggernaut”
A hugely overwhelming destructive force.
“So ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running”
Hyde is a physical manifestation of evil who evokes disgust in all simply by sight.
“His every act and thought centered on self”
He is selfish so this further aligns with animals rather than humanity.
