Jekyll And Hyde 10 Key Quotes

Question 1

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“O my…”

Answer 1

“O my poor old Henry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.”

Utterson to Jekyll about Hyde
Religion

Question 2

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“I incline to…”

Answer 2

“I incline to Cain’s heresy … I let my brother go to the devil in his own way”
Utterson about his own nature
Foreshadowing - Utterson does this exaclty
Religion

Question 3

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“I felt…”

Answer 3

“I felt younger, lighter, happier in body.”
Jekyll about Hyde
Science
Duality of man

Question 4

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“All human beings…”

Answer 4

“All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil and Edward Hyde alone in the ranks of humanity, was pure evil.’
Jekyll about Hyde
Good vs evil
Duality of man

Question 5

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“I sat in…”

Answer 5

“I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin.”
Jekyll
Duality of man

Question 6

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“If I am the…”

Answer 6

“If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also.”
Jekyll
Religion
Duality of man

Question 7

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“With ape-like…”

Answer 7

“With ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered.”
Account on Hyde
Violence
Duality of man - Carew “radiates kindness and self content

Question 8

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“The man trampled…”

Answer 8

“The man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see.”
Enfield telling Utterson of his account of Hyde
Violence
Reputation

Question 9

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“The street shone…”

Answer 9

“The street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest.”
Description of where Hyde was seen
Rich vs poor

Question 10

Finish the quote and say which character it applies to / what theme does it demonstrates:
“I swear to God..”

Answer 10

“I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again. I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world. It is all at an end. And indeed he does not want my help; you do not know him as I do; he is quite safe, mark my words, he will never be heard of.”
Jekyll to Utterson on Hyde
Duality of man
Religion
Repression