J&H key quotes Flashcards
- He is witness rather than taking action to help Jekyll
- Attempts to mind his own business showing his conservative nature.
“I incline to Cain’s heresy”- Utterson
- He is pure evil, with satan being the universal imagery of temptation and desire and suffering
- ‘Signature’ suggests that he is a product of or created by satan
“If I ever read satan’s signature upon a face”- Utterson
- Triplet of the pleasures that is brought by Hyde. Hyde is a metaphor for Freud’s id.
- Addiction to Hyde, that will eventually result in him being unable to revert back into his normal self.
“I felt younger, lighter, happier in body”- Jekyll
- Human beings are a mixture of good and evil
- Nature of duality and has sides of good and bad within them
“All human beings… are commingled out of good & evil”- Jekyll
- Slave to evil and satan
- Metaphor of the id
- Hyde goes against the idea of duality as there seems to be no good within him
“Edward Hyde alone… is pure evil”
- Pathetic fallacy of all going well, which may seem to foreshadow
- ‘Animal’ highlights the regression undergone by Hyde and his lack of conscience
- ‘Licking’ shows how Jekyll is enticed and being tempted by the desires he can obtain through Hyde. It also is used as a lexical field of animalistic behaviour
“I sat in the Sun on a bench, the animal within me licking the chops of memory”- Jekyll
- He attempts to be like God (common theme in gothic books during the fin de siècle).
- Face the punishments
- Suffers as a Victorian gentlemen in having to contain his desires
“If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also”- Jekyll
- Shows he is presented as a typical Victorian gentleman and is serious and contained in nature
- Could act as a foil to Jekyll -who struggles to repress his desires
“Mark of a modest man”
“Yet somehow loveable”
- Shows his humble and respectable nature in the fact that he is willing to do what’s right
- Tolerant about the shortcomings of others, not succumbing to his desires
“Shoulders broad enough to bare the blame”
“Approved tolerance for others”
- Shows his curious nature, how he wants to investigate to case of Jekyll.
- Yet still able to conquer the desires and has a conservative approach- not only as a Victorian gentleman, but also as he doesn’t want to delve into the world full of sin and darkness.
“I shall be Mr. Seek”
“Inordinate curiosity”
“Another to conquer it”
- Utterson
- Like a vicious animal, he attacked- highlighting atavism
- Juxtaposition highlights his lack of remorse towards the girl and how his conscience is removed
- Onomatopoeia further emphasises the pain he went through and the devolution undergone.
“Ape-like fury”
“Man trampled calmly”
“Audibly shattered”
- Highlights the inequality of class at that time in London, with the house of Jekyll standing out amongst the rest of the neighbourhood
- Nightmarish imagery of London is used to frighten the Victorian audience, as the dark and evils of the book appear to be close to home
“Like a fire in a forest”
“Some city in a nightmare”
- Jekyll has become a slave to his desires, telling himself that he won’t transform again
- However, he struggles to control his transformations, highlighting the true power of desire.
“I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again”- Jekyll
- The contrasting imagery shows the difference between Jekyll (the Victorian gentleman) and Hyde, who presented atavism and devolution.
- Juxtaposition of ‘large’ and ‘dwarfish’ highlights how Hyde is only a part of the whole
“A large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty”
“Pale and dwarfish”
- Contrast of setting is used to show the inner personalities of the two characters
- ‘Darkness’ may be used to show the sinful experiments going on
“Pleasantest room in London”
“Plunged into darkness”
- Presents Lanyon as a typical Victorian gentleman, pursuing his pleasures in secrecy
“Sat alone over his wine” “Gentleman”- (in regards to) Lanyon
- Presents him as healthy and energetic at the start of the book, to further emphasise the effect of Hyde’s transformation
“Heart, healthy”- (in regards to) Lanyon
- Shows the effect of viewing the transformation of Hyde has had on him, in the fact that he’s gone from healthy to on his death bed
“Flesh had fallen away”
“Never recover”
“Shall die incredulous”- (in regards to) Lanyon
- Shows his curios nature and although he is against the works of Jekyll, he is willing to see what it does.
“Disgustful curiosity”
(Willing to see transformation)- (in regards to) Lanyon
- Filthy first entrance to Hyde’s home and the unwelcoming nature could suggest there is a deeper secret that is being hidden
“Dusty windows barred with iron”
“Neither a bell nor knocker”
