Jekyll Character Flashcards
Jekyll key quotes
Opposite to Hyde
All intelligent, reputable man
Henry Jekyll forge a murderer
Like some disconsolate prisoner
Analysis of all intelligent, reputable man
His title suggests how he is presented as a respectable Victorian gentleman the opposite to mr Hyde (duality of man).
Describes his goodness towards others
He has a honest and friendly appearance
Analysis of Henry Jekyll forge a murderer
Suggests how Utterson is mad at Jekyll as he believes that he forged the letter for the murderer as they both have the same handwriting. Links to dr Jekyll development throughout this gothic novella. The Victorian reader may now not believe that he is a respected gentleman after all.
Analysis of like some disconsolate prisoner
Suggests how Jekyll has been taken prisoner by Hyde and that he can’t control his actions any longer as Hyde’s evil and supernatural behaviour has consumed him. This is what leads Jekyll to be awfully sick and in the end taken over by Hyde.
