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Jekyll and Hyde - Quotes Flashcards

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‘ a man of rugged …… ‘

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‘ countenance, never lighted by a smile ‘

  • rough appearance
  • never smiled ~ emotionless
  • manly
  • ‘rugged countenance’ - suggests he gives off a tough aura
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‘ backward …..’

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‘ in sentiment ‘

  • Utterson is reluctant to show emotion
  • ironic as his job deals with people and may require him to show emotion
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‘ yet somehow …..’

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‘ lovable ‘

  • changes any bad opinion of Utterson
  • shows that people actually like him
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‘ the last good …….’

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‘ influence in the lives of down-going men’

  • loyal trustworthy friend
  • seen as a role model for men who are described as ‘down-going’
  • doesn’t judge people based on their actions
  • he is a source of support for people who are in trouble
  • positive anchor
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‘ something eminently……’

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‘ human beaconed from his eyes ‘

  • metaphor
  • a good person
  • ‘beaconed’ guides someone or something from danger ~ Utterson may be that guide that guides someone away from danger
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‘ in any extremity inclined ……’

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‘ to help rather than reprove ‘

  • doesn’t judge ~ qualities he must have for his job
  • ‘inclined’ = willing to do something ~ caring character
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‘ chief jewel …..’

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‘ of the week ‘

  • their walks were precious to them ~ valued the walks
  • ‘chief jewel’ suggests that Utterson looks forward to these walks each week
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‘ like a fire ….’

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‘ in a forest ‘

  • simile
  • the area stands out in the town
  • fire offers light and warmth but can also give a sense of danger and can be destructive ~ links to Hyde being small and looking like he’s harmless but he actually is very harmful
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‘ the man trampled …’

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‘ calmly over the child’s body ‘

  • juxtaposition
  • doesn’t care that he is hurting the girl ~ calmly
  • ‘calmly’ ~ abverb
  • ‘trampled’ violent verb
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‘Sinister’ and ‘no windows’

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‘Sinister’ - threatening, not safe, evil, reflects Hyde’s character
‘No windows’ - isolated, secrecy

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‘Death or……..

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unexplained absence’

  • Jekyll knows his potential consequence
  • mysterious
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‘Unscientific ….

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Balderdash’

  • too wild for Lanyon
  • goes against Lanyon’s rationality
  • supernatural
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Closed the by-street was very solitary and, in spite of the……..

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low growl of London from all around very silent’
‘The low growl of London’ - implies dangers of London at the times
Animalistic - Hyde - warning

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‘Concealed my …..

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pleasures’

  • Reputation
  • Concealed - secrecy , repression of desires
  • Pleasures - hard to control
  • mystery
  • ‘pleasures’ hard to control
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‘Hyde alone in the ranks of making was pure evil’

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  • Abnormal

- supernatural - gothic novels

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‘My new power……..

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tempted me until I fell into slavery’

  • New power tempted - can’t resist , pleasures
  • Fell - uncontrolled , inevitable
  • Slavery - forced , controlled , doesn’t want to but can’t stop
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‘Sea of liberty’

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  • Metaphor
  • Almost complete freedom
  • how Jekyll feels when he’s Hyde
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‘I was slowly losing…….

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hold of my original better self’

  • Knows that being Hyde is wrong
  • Regret
  • Remorseful
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‘Hardly human’

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  • Supernatural gothic monster
  • Different to everyone
  • Animalistic
  • ( Created like Frankenstein by Jekyll )
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‘The moment I chose , I can be……

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rid of Mr Hyde’

  • Reassuring himself - not sure
  • Has control - ironic because later on he loses control of turning into Hyde - who over powers him Reassuring himself - not sure
  • Has control - ironic because later on he loses control of turning into Hyde - who over powers him
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‘Ape like fury ‘

‘Bones were audibly shattered’

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  • Power
  • Animalistic
  • Uncontrollable
  • Doesn’t care - no conscience
  • animals act on instinct
  • Darwin’s theory
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‘Like a district of some city in a nightmare’

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‘Some’ - doesn’t look like London anymore, change

- ‘nightmare’ - frightening, unpleasant, terror

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‘Deathly sick’

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  • How Jekyll looks when he’s at the window

- affected by Carew’s death

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Lanyon - ‘had his death-warrant written legibly upon his face’

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  • doomed

- dying of shock

25
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‘Distinguished future’

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  • reputation
  • better than normal
  • respected
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‘Growl of London’

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  • metaphor
  • mr Hyde is described as animalistic, wild and menacing
  • implies dangers and mysteries of London
  • animal’s aggression
  • warning that Hyde is an awful person
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‘ at night under the face of the fogged city moon’

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  • metaphor
  • describes how no one knew what Hyde looked like exactly
  • the fog could represent something hiding him
  • fog represents secrecy,mystery, hidden sides of human nature
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‘Good influence’ and ‘reputable’

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  • he helps others and affects the positively

- reputation important in the Victorian Era

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‘A strong feeling…..

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Of deformity’

  • not normal
  • making assumptions
  • links Hyde to pure evil
  • ‘deformity’ sign of evil
  • ‘feeling’ a sense rather than sight
30
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Like some disconsolate prisoner

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  • prisoner of Hyde
  • simile
  • Jekyll is sad
  • isolation
31
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That man is not truly one but truly two

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  • duality

- ‘truly one’ most people believe we are one person but Jekyll argues something else

32
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‘It was Hyde and Hyde alone’

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  • doesn’t take responsibility
33
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I am ashamed of my long tongue

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  • doesn’t like gossip
  • Enfield tells the first story about Mr. Hyde
  • Victorian men are concerned with their reputation
34
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Hide-bound pedant

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  • thinks Lanyon is too tradition ~ Lanyon thinks Jekyll is too modern
  • not progressive
  • not a risk taker
  • opposite to Jekyll
35
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The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city

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  • reflecting Hyde’s control over Jekyll
  • pathetic fallacy
  • fog hovering over the town
  • uncertainty, hidden secrets
  • creates a creepy atmosphere
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I am chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also

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  • alliteration
  • ‘sinners’ taking responsibility
  • damaging himself ~ punished
37
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‘A leap of welcome’

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  • freedom
  • risk
  • not easy to control
38
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Sold a slave to my original evil self

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  • Jekyll addiction ~ Stevenson’s addiction to cocaine

- Jekyll chose the devil ~ Hyde is pure evil

39
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If Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend

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  • something about Hyde links to Satan

- ‘signature’ suggests that Hyde has come from Satan because he is pure evil

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