Jekyll + Hyde Flashcards
______, ____, ______, ______, and yet somehow lovable
CH1- lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable
Utterson seems to be an uninterested character but later in the novel we find out he never gossips and is a good friend.
last ____ _____ in the lives of _______ men
CH1- last good influence in the lives of down-going men
Highlights Utterson’s character to stay as a Victorian gentleman even if everyone is corrupted but also foreshadows Jekyll’s downfall
I let my _______ go to the ______ in his own way
CH1- I let my brother go to the devil in his own way
Utterson allows people to do evil as it is not his responsibility similarly to how it wasn’t Cain’s responsibility to know his brother’s location. Shows Utterson as immoral and foreshadows Jekyll
______ and ______ with the desire to ____ him
CH1- sick and white with the desire to kill him
A doctor who are known to be caring and good has the thought of evil. The juxtaposing themes of good and evil shows how monstrous Hyde is, He brings out the worst in people from just his presence
This was a ____, _____, _____, ______, gentleman
This was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman
CH2: Contrast to Langdon later in the novel
Would have estranged ______ and ____
Would have estranged Damon and Pythias
Ch2 Lanyon says that his friendship with Jekyll would have also broke Damon and Pythias who are great friends in Greek mythology
_____ _______ upon a face
Satan’s signature upon a face
CH2 Sibilance draws attention to this quote and mimics the sound of a snake symbolising the snake that caused the Fall for Adam and Eve and now Jekyll. Signature means that it must be created making Hyde seem more evil as he is the creation of the devil
a large ________ ________ man
CH3- a large well-made smooth-faced man
Jekyll’s appearance contrasts to Hyde and appears healthy right now
A great ________-coloured ____ lowered over ______
CH4- A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven
“chocolate” and “heaven” have connotations to good however this is contrasted by the noun “pall” suggesting that a dark force is coming and the good Utterson is going to a dark place creating tension. Alternatively, this could foreshadow Lanyon’s and Jekyll death as “pall” is a cloth spread over a coffin evince that two good men die
a very pretty _______ of ______
CH4- a very pretty manner of politeness
Carew is a kind gentleman
_______ him to the earth… with _____ fury, he was ______ his victim under foot
CH4- clubbed him to the earth… with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot
Hyde is now more aggressive and primitive as Stevenson creates the image of a savage caveman through the adjective “ape-like” and verb “clubbed”. Furthermore, CH1 is referenced with “trampling” showing Hyde has become more violent since that incident. His superiority is demonstrated as Carew was “under” his “foot” suggesting he is better than a Victorian gentleman, better than Jekyll
the _______ were _____ shattered
CH4- the bones were audibly shattered
Hyde’s violence is worse showing how severe he is. The damage is exemplified by the adverb “audibly”, the fact that the maid could hear the bones breaking displays Hyde’s excessive actions
his eye _____ up with _____ ____
CH4- his eye lighted up with professional ambition
The policeman is not sad for Carew’s death, but sees it as a promotion opportunity showing how cold-hearted he is towards Carew, just like Hyde. This suggests that everyone is a bit like Hyde.
close up to the _______, sat Dr. Jekyll, looking ______ ___
CH5- close up to the warmth, sat Dr. Jekyll, looking deathly sick
Change in appearance and foreshadows his death. Jekyll is close to the fire as he is looking for hope
I _______ to ____ I will never set ______ on him again
CH5- I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again
Jekyll is swearing on religion he will never see Hyde showing his resolve. However, he goes against God’s nature by creating Hyde a devil so maybe he isn’t as convicted as the reader believed
I have so great a _____ in you
CH5- I have so great a trust in you
Jekyll and Utterson friendship
I wouldn’t speak of this _____, ___ _____
CH5- I wouldn’t speak of this note, you know
After finding out Jekyll + Hyde have the same handwriting Utterson tells Guest to keep it a secret to protect Jekyll’s reputation. “You know” creates a threatening tone showing how tense the situation is
the street ______ out in contrast to its ______ neighbourhood, like a _____ in a ______
CH1- the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest
Duality in setting. The dingy neighbourhood is described to be “fire” as it destroys something that looks very beautiful. However they aren’t aware that of the Victorian compromise that lead this to happen
He had his _______-________ written _____ upon his ___
CH6- He had his death-warrant written legibly upon his face
Lanyon looks “deathly sick”, like Jekyll. The doctor from CH1 went “sick and white” went meeting Hyde, Stevenson has hinted the reader of these incidents
The ___ man had grown ____; his ____ had fallen away; he was visibly _____ and ______
CH6- The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older
Layon’s change in appearance from “healthy, hearty, dapper, red-faced man”
If I am the ______ of _______, I am the ______ of _______
CH6- If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers
Jekyll repeats “chief” to show he fits into both roles equally and suffers the most out of the “sinners”. When Jekyll talks about “sinners” he means Hyde suggesting he sees himself as Hyde. Jekyll is admitting that, whilst not explicitly saying it, he does have evil thought and actions which is why he suffers as society will be too quick to judge him if he expresses his flaws
_____ and _____ to his dead friend
CH6- honour and faith to his dead friend
Utterson doesn’t read the letter or finds out the truth as Lanyon asked him not to, showing how much Utterson cares for Lanyon, he prioritises friendship over mystery
taking the ___ with an ________ ________ of ____, like some _______ prisoner
CH7- taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner
Jekyll has changed a lot from the beginning no longer “quite at ease.” The hyperbole “infinite” questions the reader on what made Jekyll so upset now that Hyde is missing. The simile shows how he is trapped in his home and cannot escape nor find comfort however he is also trapped internally, held as a prisoner by Hyde
expression of such _____ ______ and ______, as froze the very _______ of the two gentlemen below
CH7- expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below
Stevenson describe Jekyll’s expression in sinister but vague way to put fear in the reader as they imagine how horrific he looked, but also intrigues them as they want to know how Utterson’s good friend could freeze his “blood”
“_____ ______ ____, ____ _____ ____,” said Mr. Utterson
CH7-“God forgive us, God forgive us,” said Mr. Utterson
Utterson is calling God as he had seen “Satan’s signature upon a face”
________ among the ______… cry out like a ___
CH8- digging among the crates… cry out like a rat
Hyde is animalistic
____ stood upon my _____ like ____
CH8- hair stood upon my head like quills
Poole’s reaction is similar to a hedgehog’s, he puts up a self defence in fear
______ that both _____ and _____ the sufferer
CH8- maladies that both torture and deform the sufferer
Utterson is half correct, Jekyll is being tortured by a disease known as Hyde which makes him deformed, however Utterson doesn’t mean Hyde showing how smart Utterson is.
It was a ___, _____, ______ night of March, with a _____ _____
CH8- It was a wild, cold, seasonable night of March, with a pale moon
Stevenson uses pathetic fallacy to indicate the climax of the plot, a convectional gothic technique. The rage of the weather mirrors Hyde’s ferocious nature and the “pale moon” suggest revelation, we will learn the truth to Hyde.
even if you were ______ to the ______ of an ______
CH9- even if you were summoned to the bedside of an emperor
This has a lot of importance to Jekyll.
there was something _______ and __________ in the very ______ of the _______
CH9- there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature
Even Lanyon, a doctor, can’t give a proper description on Hyde, only repeating what other witnesses have mentioned. Hyde’s appearance is kept as a mystery to make him more frightening as the reader cannot understand him. Stevenson creates this distance between Hyde and the reader as it reflects society, they don’t want to see the worst in themselves.
my arms ______ to ______ me from that _____
CH9- my arms raised to shield me from that prodigy
Lanyon is trying to protect himself from the truth of man’s nature
my soul _______ at it
CH9- my soul sickened at it
Lanyon is so disgusted at what he had witnessed that it reaches the depth of his soul
I ask myself if I ________ it, and I ____ ______
CH9- I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer
Lanyon can’t answer as if he does then he accepts society’s dark side
______ ________ into the sea of ______
CH10- spring headlong into the sea of liberty
Jekyll is very excited in turning into Hyde.
I had gone to bed _____ ______, I had ________ Edward Hyde
CH10- I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde
Jekyll losing control of himself
I neither gave up the _______ in _____, nor ________ the ______ of Edward Hyde
CH10- I neither gave up the house in Soho, nor destroyed the clothes of Edward Hyde
Jekyll wasn’t fully committed to abstaining from Hyde
I have been _____ to such a ______ ______
CH10- I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck
Linking back to the “sea of liberty” Jekyll finds himself to be in a “shipwreck”. Stevenson uses the image of a ship as it suggests hope that hope and livelihood he found in Hyde will be his doom.
a ____ would have even _________ such ___________ as I was _______ of
CH10- a man would have even blazoned such irregularities as I was guilty of
Jekyll believes his desires weren’t that bad however due to his status he was forced to hide them
My _____ had been long _____, he came out _____
CH10- My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring
“My” - Jekyll acknowledges Hyde to be the same as him
Hyde is still depicted as an animal. Both descriptions of Hyde being the devil and an animal stress how inhuman Hyde is. However animals are a part of nature so at the same time the images accept that his desires are natural and is a part of us
