Jekyll and Hyde Flashcards
Point for Hyde’s Character at the beginning of the novella.
Mr. Hyde is presented as the embodiment of the devil and the embodiment of evil. Mr. Hyde is presented as significantly, yet undescribably ugly and off putting for everyone who encounters him. He is presented as something potentially supernatural and devilish.
Evidence for Hyde’s Character at the beginning of the novella.
‘Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation.’
‘a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness.’
“Satan’s signature on his face.”
“Hissing intake of breath.”
Point for Hyde’s Character in the middle of the novella.
Mr. Hyde is presented as a more primitive and unpredictable man. Hyde is also presented as very dangerous and impulsive.
Evidence for Hyde’s Character in the middle of the novella.
“ape-like fury.”
“Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth.”
“One very much surprised.”
“Broke out in a flame of anger.”
Point for Hyde’s Character at the end of the novella.
Mr. Hyde is presented as a tool used for Jekyll’s satisfaction. He is also presented as the never-ending prescence of jekyll’s darker side and not a true human.
Evidence for Hyde’s Character at the end of the novella.
“my evil […] was Edward Hyde.”
“That child of Hell had nothing human; nothing lived in him but fear and hatred.”
“I was conscious of no repugnance, rather a leap of welcome.”
“I was not alarmed; the fall seemed natural.”
Point for Reputation in the beginning of the novella.
Reputation is presented as a thing that everyone was very greatly concerned with and a very powerful thing.
Evidence for Reputation in the beginning of the novella.
“The more it looks like Queer street, the less I ask.”
“Their Sunday walks, that they said nothing.”
“Make his name stink from one end of London to the other.”
Point for Reputation in the middle of the novella.
Reputation is presented as something that is very easy to lose very quickly.
Evidence for Reputation in the middle of the novella.
“If it came to trial, your name might appear.”
“Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds.”
“A great curiousity came on the trustee, to disregard the prohibition and dive at once to the bottom of these mysteries; but professional honour and faith to his dead friend were strict obligations.”
Point for Reputation in the end of the novella.
Reputation is presented as a thing that enables more freedom and very dependent on wealth and good looks.
Evidence for Reputation in the end of the novella.
“fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellow men.”
“I was born […] to a large fortune, endowed besides with excellent parts.”
Such irregularities as I was guilty of […] I regarded them and hid them with a morbid sense of shame.”
Point for Secrecy in the beginning of the novella.
Secrecy is presented as a prominent, common thing that was often explored by gentlemen.
Evidence for Secrecy in the beginning of the novella.
“No gentlemen but wishes to avoid a scene…Name your figure.”
“Blackmail I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth.”
“Mr. Utterson was a man of rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.”
Point for Secrecy in the middle of the novella.
Secrecy is presented as portrayed through the setting and an easy thing to pull off.
