Jekyll and Hyde - Hyde / evil

Question 1

Chapter 1 - “the man trample calmly..

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..over the girls body and left her screaming on the ground”

Question 2

Analysis on “trampled calmly”

Answer 2

• oxymoron
• juxtaposes violence with detachment
• no remorse
• shows Hyde’s lack of empathy and moral detachment

Question 3

Chapter 1 - “it wasn’t a man; it..

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..was like some damned Juggernaut”

Question 4

Analysis on “like some damned Juggernaut”

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• suggests an unstoppable force
• brutal, relentless
• simile
• portrays Hyde and overwhelming and destructive

Question 5

Chapter 1 - “He was perfectly cool and made no resistance..

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..but he gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running”

Question 6

Analysis on “one look so ugly, that it brought out the sweat on me”

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• his appearance induces fear and revulsion ( revulsion = sense of disgust and loathing)
• suggesting his nature is inherently evil and disturbing

Question 7

Chapter 1 - “he gives a strong feeling of..

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..deformity … an extraordinary looking man”

Question 8

Chapter 2 - “Mr Hyde shrank back..

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..with a hissing intake of breath.”

Question 9

Analysis on “Mr Hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of breath”

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• animalistic and sinister
• reveals his primal threatening demeanour

Question 10

Chapter 2 - “The other..

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..snarled aloud into a savage laugh”

Question 11

Chapter 2 - “Mr Hyde was pale and dwarfish..

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..he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation”

Question 12

Chapter 2 - “God bless me..

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..the man seems hardly human!”

Question 13

Analysis on “God bless me the man seems hardly human!”

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• highlights Hyde’s inhuman traits
• emphasizes the contrast between Jekyll’s humanity and Hyde’s monstrosity

Question 14

Chapter 2 - “if I ever read Satan’s signature..

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..upon a face, its upon that of your new friend.”

Question 15

Chapter 4 - “He broke in a great flame of..

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..anger…like a madman”

Question 16

Analysis on “He broke out into a great flame of anger”

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• shows Hyde’s uncontrollable rage
• contrasting with Jekyll’s usual demeanour, calm and composed

Question 17

Analysis on “like a madman”

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• simile suggests loss of control
• highlights the unpredictability and lack of restraint of Hyde’s chaotic nature

Question 18

Chapter 4 - “He broke out into a great flame of anger”..

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..trampling his victim underfoot, and hailing down a storm of blows”

Question 19

Chapter 4 - “with ape-like fury, he was..

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..trampling his victim underfoot, and hailing down a storm of blows”

Question 20

Analysis on “ape-like fury”

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• primal aggression
• depicts him as animalistic and brutal, emphasizing his savagery
• will evoke fear and revulsion in the readers

Question 21

Chapter 8 - “I think there’s..

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..been foul play”

Question 22

Analysis on “I think there’s been foul play”

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• suggests wrongdoing or crime
• implies the speaker suspects deceit or malicious intent
• diminishes trust in Jekyll and heightens fear of Hyde

Question 23

Chapter 8 - “He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and..

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..whipped upstairs into the cabinet…Sir, if that was my master why had he mask upon his face?”

Question 24

Chapter 10 - “Edward Hyde, alone..

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..in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil”

Question 25

Analysis on “Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil”

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• Hyde represents unrestrained immorality