Jekyll and Hyde Quotations - C1

Question 1

‘Really like _____’ - describing Hyde

Answer 1

‘Really like Satan’

• Hyde is compared to the devil

Question 2

Lean, ____, dusty, ______ and yet somehow ________’
- Utterson’s description

Answer 2

‘Lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow loveable’

• Mr Utterson is a serious and solemn lawyer who is not explicitly expressive
• Despite being unemotional, old, worn and boring, he is still likeable
• Alliteration of the ‘l’ and ‘d’ sounds are deep and heavy, mimicking the dull, tedious personality of Utterson

Question 3

‘The man trampled ______ over the child’s ____ and left her ________’
- what did Hyde do?

Answer 3

‘The man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming’

• Hyde’s first known crime
• juxtaposition - brutality of Hyde’s actions with the complacency of his reaction - horror
• contrasting “man” vs “child” is threatening, but the oxymoron “trampled calmly” shows H is naturally comfortable with violence

Question 4

‘It was _______ to see’
- Enfield describing Hyde’s trampling

Answer 4

‘It was hellish to see’

Evil - Satanic act - religion

Question 5

‘________ turned sick and _____ with the ______ to ____ him’
- the doctor’s reaction to Hyde

Answer 5

‘Sawbones turned sick and white with the desire to kill him’

• The doctors form murderous thoughts about Hyde

Question 6

‘I am ashamed of my ____ ______’
- How Utterson feels gossiping with Enfield

Answer 6

‘I am ashamed of my long tongue’

• Utterson displays a distaste for sensation and gossip - ungentlemanly

Question 7

‘Some _____ at the ___ of the _____’
- Enfield saying where the brothels were

Answer 7

‘’Some place at the end of the world’

• Duality of human nature - Victorian society hidden from the face of the public - end to the respectable civilised society