jekyll and hyde quotes Flashcards
cain quote
“I incline to Cain’s heresy,”
“I let my brother go to the devil in his own way” Juxtaposition because why would he do that?
Implies Cain let Abel go to the devil. Foreshadows the text as he lets Jekyll go to the devil. Only gets involved when he HAS to
how jekyll feels in hydes body quote
“I felt younger, lighter, happier in body”
we never let our bad thoughts become our actions, but Jekyll does.
Hyde symbolises sin and negativity, yet Jekyll felt happier as him. It’s as if evil is enticing him. He’s a slave to his desires, but, just like every good thing, what comes up must go down.
younger - Hyde being underdeveloped or the freshness of a new life
lighter - suggests Hyde’s size or alternatively his conscience - no weight of reputation
hyde pure evil quote
“Edward Hyde alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.”
If we do not control our duality, on both extremes, we will become broken, lost, shattered people. Hyde is a slave to evilness. Jekyll becomes a slave to his evilness through Hyde.
adjective “alone” emphasise how unique and isolated Hyde was. could alternatively create some sympathy for him for being alone - he didn’t ask to be created.
“pure evil” compares him to the devil
bench quote
“I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed”
spiritual side - religion is going. evil is coming
positive pathetic fallacy, contrasted with the evil desires.
even though he knew it was bad, he couldn’t help himself. it was human nature.
higher consciousness vs primal animal within
chief quote
“If i am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also”
Don’t try to be God.
In the pursuit of happiness, he suffers.
fury quote
and bones quote
“ape-like fury”
“bones were audibly shattered”
No human being is capable of this.
This is the work of an animal.
Jekyll has essentially “de-volved”
trampled calmly quote
“the man trampled calmly over the child’s body”
oxymoron - trampling over a little girl, an innocent one.
not an enemy, just shows how brutal it is.
trampled - like a careless child, sole aim of destroying them.
jekyll swear quote
“I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again”
strange because he’s a scientist, and he’s talking about God.
duality quote
“man is not truly one, but truly two”
“truly” emphasises how sure of himself he is
“two” refers to Jekyll and Hyde
could be Stevenson suggesting that there isn’t as much a difference between uncivilised citizens and gentlemen than the they would have liked to believe.
dwarf quote hyde
“pale and dwarfish”
pale - lack of life, horrific connotations of vampires, no sunlight (could ref to how jekyll is hiding him away)
dwarfism - he is lower physically and socially - he is less evolved and underdeveloped.
rid of hyde quote
“The moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr Hyde”
Jekyll still believes he is in control
Foreshadows later on in the play that he loses control
shows arrogance of a victorian man
jekylls appearance quote
“large, well-made, smooth-faced”
contrast to “pale and dwarfish”
he seems almost too perfect. should be wary of him.
bit ironic as jekyll made hyde and hyde is so bad
quote of wine from jekyll
“He delighted me like wine”
delighted - excitement and pleasure
wine - alcohol, takes away control
like how hyde took away his control but it was his guilty pleasure
what does landon think of jekyll
“regard as dead”
lanyon contrast quote
“the rosy man had gone pale”
