Jekyll and Hyde QUOTES

Question 1

Utterson’s view of Hyde

Answer 1

“O my poor old Henry Jekyll, if I ever read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.”
- reminds him of the devil
- as is satan has given him the seal of approval
- juxtaposition (utterson suspected something was up)

Question 2

I inclined to cain

Answer 2

“I incline to Cain’s heresy, I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.”
- inclined to the “dark side” (cain’s heresy)
- Cain and Abel are the sons of adam, cain killed abel, utterson is inclined to this type of evil
- juxtaposition
- foreshadowing

Question 3

I felt younger

Answer 3

“I felt younger, lighter, happier in body.”
- Rule of 3
- Jekyll talks about his transformation from Jekyll to Hyde
- Feels younger and happier
- Symbolises sin, negativity, dark and deep desires
- A slave to his desires

Question 4

All human beings

Answer 4

“All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled of good and evil: and Edward Hyde alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.”
- If we do not control out duality, we will become broken, lost, shattered people.
- Hyde is a slave to evil
- Jekyll is a slave to evil through Hyde

Question 5

The animal within

Answer 5

“I sat in the sun on a bench, the animal within me licking the chops of memory.”
- Hyde wants to come out, and Jekyll wants Hyde to come out
- Implies that he is fantasising over his memories (trampling the girl, killing sir danvers carew, etc)

Question 6

Chief of sinners

Answer 6

“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, dr jekyll suffered tenfold.

Question 7

Ape like fury

Answer 7

“With ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones audibly shattered”
- Darwin’s theory of evolution (Hyde has not evolved)
- You can hear sir danvers carew breaking apart (work of an animal)
- By creating Hyde, jekyll has gone backwards in terms of evolution

Question 8

Man trampled calmly

Answer 8

“The man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see.”
- Oxymoron (nobody tramples calmly over bodies)
- Letting desires run wild

Question 9

Contrast of rich and poor

Answer 9

“The streets shone out in contrast to its dingy neighborhood, like a fire in the forest.”
- Divide stands out like a sore thumb
- Injustice of London

Question 10

No control

Answer 10

“I swear to god I will never set eyes on him again”
- Promising he will never see hyde again (we know he is lying)
- Shows the lack of control jekyll has
- jekyll is a slave to hyde