Jekyll & Hyde - Quotes Flashcards
“silent symbols of the after-dinner face”
analysis?
U lack of emotions - his actions speak louder than his words
Quiet nature - facial expressions tell a lot about what he is thinking
Good moral compass
“silent symbols of the after-dinner face”
ten mark question categories?
Bachelorhood and friendship
“His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time”
analysis?
U - not many friends but all v close and long-lasting
“His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time”
ten mark question categories?
Bachelorhood and friendship
“looked singularly dull and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend”
analysis?
“singularly” - emphasises that both men feel the same way but still meet weekly for their walk
“dull” - connotations: boring - not worth spending time and energy on
“obvious relief” - visible - both want to escape from each other’s company - more relaxed when other person intervenes
“looked singularly dull and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend”
ten mark question categories?
Bachelorhood and friendship
“the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest”
analysis?
Simile - street and “fire in a forest”
Street - bright/exciting
Surrounding area - dull/boring
City of London struggling within itself - reflect J’s internal battle between good and evil side
“the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest”
ten mark question category?
Theme of duality, contrast,
setting
“sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door… equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained”
analysis?
Can’t see inside the house - lack of ways to gain entry - whatever is inside wants to stay hidden
Setting of London - struggling within its self - symbol/metaphor - struggle that is going on inside J
“thrust” - connotations: aggression and violence
“sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door… equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained”
ten mark question categories?
Theme of duality
setting
“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”
analysis?
“calmly” - unnerving feeling
“hellish” - connotations: devil, evil - implying H is the devil
Contrast between girl and man
“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”
ten mark question categories?
Theme of innocence and violence
contrast
“‘If you choose to make capital out of this accident,’ said he, ‘I am naturally helpless. No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene,’”
analysis?
Importance of reputation in society - insight into time period
“‘If you choose to make capital out of this accident,’ said he, ‘I am naturally helpless. No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene,’”
ten mark question categories?
Secrecy, reputation and repression
“He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something down-right detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point.”
analysis?
H - associated feeling - unnerved, evil
E can’t put his finger on what - tries to rationalise his feelings
“deformity” - not a physical condition - intangible, unexplainable
H affects others around him - powerful hatred - beyond normal limits
E can’t describe/talk about him - can’t verbalise darker sides to our personalities - keep them hidden
“He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something down-right detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point.”
ten mark question categories?
Theme of science, reason supernatural
Theme of Duality
character of Hyde
“He began to go wrong, wrong in mind… I have seen devilish little of the man. Such unscientific balderdash”
analysis?
“devilish little” - irony - sees so little of J due to the devil-like side of J personality controlling that situation
Repetition of “wrong” and “unscientific balderdash” - emphasises differences between L and J
J obsessive in his research - L views and set ways of the scientific establishment
Reader wonders what J has done - Deeping sense of mystery
“He began to go wrong, wrong in mind… I have seen devilish little of the man. Such unscientific balderdash”
ten mark question categories?
Science, reason and supernatural
Theme of duality
Contrast
Secrecy
“The large handsome face of Dr Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes.”
analysis?
“blackness” - secrecy - perhaps element of fear J feels about H
Shows potential darkness within J - not normally visible
“The large handsome face of Dr Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes.”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Secrecy
“the moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde”
analysis?
Trying to do the impossible - getting “rid of” a part of your personality
“the moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde”
ten mark question categories?
Duality of human nature
Science reason and supernatural
“moon shone on his face…it seemed to breathe such an innocent and old-world kindness of disposition” and “all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on (as the maid described it) like a madman.”
analysis?
Contrast - SDC: gentle and harmless - H: violent and animalistic
“moon shone on his face…it seemed to breathe such an innocent and old-world kindness of disposition” and “all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on (as the maid described it) like a madman.”
ten mark question categories?
Contrast
Duality of human nature
“with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered”
analysis?
“ape-like” - animal, powerful
“storm of blows” and “audibly shattered” - violence and ferocity of the attack - contrast between SDC and H - symbolic - good vs evil - H comes out on top - Stevenson suggesting that the darker side to our personalities are stronger
“with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered”
ten mark question categories?
Contrast Duality Good vs evil Symbolism Innocence and violence
Mr. Utterson beheld a marvellous number of degrees and hues of twilight; for here it would be dark like the back-end of evening… and here, for a moment, the fog would be quite broken up”
analysis?
One second light - next dark
Reflects struggle - J’s internal power struggle between good and evil
Strange light gives awful atmosphere - metaphor - duality
Mr. Utterson beheld a marvellous number of degrees and hues of twilight; for here it would be dark like the back-end of evening… and here, for a moment, the fog would be quite broken up”
ten mark question categories?
Contrast
Duality
Good vs evil
Symbolism - Weather
