Jekyll and Hyde - Mr Hyde

Question 1

embodiment of evil

Answer 1

reflects Mr Hyde’s representation as the personification of Dr Jekyll’s darkest and most immoral instincts

Question 2

unleashed desires

Answer 2

highlights how Mr Hyde symbolises Jekyll’s repressed desires for freedom from societal constraints

Question 3

murderous villain

Answer 3

emphasises Hydes violet actions, culminating in the murder of Sir Danvers Carew

Question 4

primal instincts

Answer 4

suggests Hydes behaviour is driven by raw animalistic impulses that defy social and moral order

Question 5

alter ego

Answer 5

captures Hydes role as Jekylls other half, revealing the duality of human nature and the possibility for everyone to harbor evil within

Question 6

outcast of society

Answer 6

underlines Hyde’s isolation from society, both physically and morally, as he operates in the shadows of Victorian London

Question 7

uncontrollable force

Answer 7

reflects how Hyde’s influence over Jekyll grows, making it increasingly difficult for Jekyll to suppress his transformations

Question 8

destroyer of morality

Answer 8

suggests that Hyde’s actions serve to erode Jekyll’s moral compass, leading both personalities toward self-destruction

Question 9

introduction

Question 10

‘pale and dwarfish,

Answer 10

he gave an impression of deformity’

Question 11

‘pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity’

Answer 11

• links directly to Victorian ideas of physiognomy (the way that someone looks is indicative of their internal nature)
• idea of deformity was a mark of evil
• signifies from the beginning that Hyde is inextricably linked with evil

Question 12

‘these polar twins should be

Answer 12

continuously struggling’

Question 13

‘these polar twins should be continuously struggling

Answer 13

• struggle in repressing true side and dual nature that we are all inherently born with
• idea we cannot disassociate it with

Question 14

‘trampled

Answer 14

calmly’

Question 15

‘trampled calmly’

Answer 15

• oxymoron, from the beginning it introduces the key theme of duality
• In Hydes actions, he possesses this dual and almost conflicting nature
  ‘trampled’ connotes violence, highlights Hydes barbarity and beasty nature
  ‘calmly’ creates an eerie atmosphere, shows his amoral (not aware of morals) nature since he’s able to retain composed after despite committing such heinous act

Question 16

How does Jekyll transmogrify

Answer 16

transmogrify - to change in a surprising manner
Jekyll transmogrifies into Hyde as he goes from a respectable Victorian to an amoral individual

Question 17

How is Hyde presented (intro)

Answer 17

Stevenson constructs Hyde as a physical indictment of the degeneracy and hypocrisy that pervaded the progressive era.
His animalistic and depraved depiction contributes to Stevensons social commentary regarding the paradoxical nature of Victorian society

Question 18

‘with ape

Answer 18

-like fury’

Question 19

‘with ape-like fury’

Answer 19

• trampling Sir Danvers Carew
• simile comparing Hyde to an ape
• dehumanises him and makes him seem primitive and aggressive
• makes him appear more imitating and dangerous to readers
  ‘fury’ - shows how crazy Hyde is, lots of anger attacking an innocent old man, unreasonable and unpredictable -> makes him seem more frightening
  context: Victorian era had strict social standards regarding etiquette

Question 20

Description of Hyde makes him seem evil which

Answer 20

makes the reader understand he’s an outcast to society -> link to Victorian belief evil could be seen through physical deformities