Jekyll and Hyde

Question 1

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
Violence.
Suffering.
Fear.
Duality.
Transgression.

Answer 1

‘The man trampled calmly over the girl’s body and left her screaming on the ground.’

Question 2

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
The unknown.
Fear.
Mystery.
Dehumanisation.

Answer 2

There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable.

Question 3

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
Blasphemy.
Duality.
Transgression

Answer 3

Not so like a child as like an old man,… he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness

Question 4

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
Primordial instincts.
Fear.
Confusion.
Dehumanisation.

Answer 4

‘The man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say’ [Utterson]

Question 5

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
Hell.
Duality.
Fear.
Friendship.

Answer 5

‘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]

Question 6

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
Good and evil.
Duality.
Consequence.

Answer 6

‘Evil… had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay.’ [Jekyll]

Question 7

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
Addiction.
Temptation.
Transgression.

Answer 7

‘I was conscious of no repugnance, rather a leap of welcome’ [Jekyll]

Question 8

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
Duality.
Dehumanisation.
Blasphemy.
Good and evil.

Answer 8

‘All human beings… are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde… was pure evil.’ [Jekyll]

Question 9

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
Immorality.
Dehumanisation.
Hell.
Transgression.

Answer 9

‘That child of Hell had nothing human; nothing lived in him but fear and hatred.’ [Jekyll]

Question 10

Jekyll and Hyde

Themes:
Consequence.
Control.
Addiction.
Immorality.

Answer 10

‘His love of life is wonderful.’ [Jekyll]

Question 11

Jekyll and Hyde

Theme of Fear
4 quotes

Answer 11

‘The man trampled calmly over the girl’s body and left her screaming on the ground.’

There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable.

‘The man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say’ [Utterson]

‘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]

Question 12

Jekyll and Hyde

Theme of Duality
5 quotes

Answer 12

‘The man trampled calmly over the girl’s body and left her screaming on the ground.’

Not so like a child as like an old man,… he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness

‘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]

‘Evil… had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay.’ [Jekyll]

‘All human beings… are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde… was pure evil.’ [Jekyll]

Question 13

Jekyll and Hyde

Theme of Transgression
4 quotes

Answer 13

‘The man trampled calmly over the girl’s body and left her screaming on the ground.’

Not so like a child as like an old man,… he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness

‘I was conscious of no repugnance, rather a leap of welcome’ [Jekyll]

‘That child of Hell had nothing human; nothing lived in him but fear and hatred.’ [Jekyll]

Question 14

Jekyll and Hyde

Theme of Dehumanisation
4 quotes

Answer 14

There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable.

‘The man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say’ [Utterson]

‘All human beings… are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde… was pure evil.’ [Jekyll]

‘That child of Hell had nothing human; nothing lived in him but fear and hatred.’ [Jekyll]

Question 15

Jekyll and Hyde

Theme of Consequence
2 quotes

Answer 15

‘Evil… had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay.’ [Jekyll]

‘His love of life is wonderful.’ [Jekyll]