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
“the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street… and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part”
analysis?
Fleeting glimpses only to be hidden again
pathetic fallacy - unnerving quality of the fog - mid of its own - toying with U
The fog seems to be on the side of H - obstructing and delaying U from uncovering the truth - sinister/dangerous atmosphere
As U literally struggles to navigate the fog - readers also unable to uncover what is going on
“the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street… and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part”
ten mark question categories?
Good vs evil Duality Secrecy Symbolism - Weather Science reason and the supernatural
“An ivory-faced and silvery-haired old woman opened the door. She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy: but her manners were excellent.”
analysis?
Oxymoron - theme of duality - strengthens idea that H brings out the darker sides of others - showing more of her dark side
“evil-face smoothed by hypocrisy” - there is a good and a bad side to everyone - proved through woman
Symbolic - appearance of evil
“An ivory-faced and silvery-haired old woman opened the door. She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy: but her manners were excellent.”
ten mark question categories?
Contrast
Duality
Symbolism - appearance of evil
“gazed round with a distasteful sense of strangeness as he crossed the theatre, once crowded with eager students and now lying gaunt and silent”
analysis?
contrast - adds to the “sense of strangeness” - once full of life, now empty
Gothic setting - suggests inefficiency of science
J once a man of science, leaving all behind, unused - seeking the unknown - reinforces his ideologies when it comes to science
“gazed round with a distasteful sense of strangeness as he crossed the theatre, once crowded with eager students and now lying gaunt and silent”
ten mark question categories?
science reason and the supernatural
Contrast
Setting
Duality
“for even in the houses the fog began to lie thickly; and there, close up to the warmth, sat Dr Jekyll, looking deathly sick. He did not rise to meet his visitor, but held out a cold hand and bade him welcome in a changed voice.”
analysis?
“deathly” - w.c. - near death or ghostly
Contrast - J now vs J previously in novel - theme of duality
Secrecy - nothing is out in the open - hidden truths
Wild feel - more supernatural than scientific
“for even in the houses the fog began to lie thickly; and there, close up to the warmth, sat Dr Jekyll, looking deathly sick. He did not rise to meet his visitor, but held out a cold hand and bade him welcome in a changed voice.”
ten mark question categories?
Duality Science reason and the supernatural Secrecy Contrast Symbolism weather
“I cannot say that I care what becomes of Hyde; I am quite done with him. I was thinking of my own character, which this hateful business has rather exposed.”
analysis?
Theme of duality - at the start J fiercely supportive of Hyde - now claims he has no ties to H and doesn’t care about what happens to him
“thinking of my own character” - reputation - J standing has suffered due to H’s actions and J’s connections to him
“I cannot say that I care what becomes of Hyde; I am quite done with him. I was thinking of my own character, which this hateful business has rather exposed.”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Contrast
Reputation
“a new life began for Dr Jekyll. He came out of his seclusion, renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer”
analysis?
Duality - J is now completely different than when the murder of SDC first occurred - cheerful and upbeat from reserved and introverted
“a new life began for Dr Jekyll. He came out of his seclusion, renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Contrast
Bachelorhood and friendship
“The doctor, it appeared, now more than ever confined himself to the cabinet over the laboratory… he had grown very silent, he did not read; it seemed as if he had something on his mind”
analysis?
“confined” - connotations: prison and being locked up - suggests J is withdrawing himself from society - not just physically but mentally as well as he knows how dangerous both parts can be
“something on his mind” - not his usual self and fully present
“The doctor, it appeared, now more than ever confined himself to the cabinet over the laboratory… he had grown very silent, he did not read; it seemed as if he had something on his mind”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Contrast
Repression
“The middle one of the three windows was half-way open; and sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr Jekyll.”
analysis?
Symbol - changing relationship between J and H
At first H trapped within J’s good nature and proper manners - now J is prisoner - salve to H’s sinful drives
“The middle one of the three windows was half-way open; and sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr Jekyll.”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Contrast
Good vs evil
Symbolism - appearance of evil
“the whole of the servants, men and women, stood huddled together like a flock of sheep.”
analysis?
Sheep - harmless/ stick w each other in a big group
Servants = flock of sheep
Reflects how fearful thy are of their master
“the whole of the servants, men and women, stood huddled together like a flock of sheep.”
ten mark question categories?
Innocence and violence
“Once I heard it weeping… like a woman or a lost soul”
analysis?
unexpected and shocks the reader
w.c. - “weeping” - connotations: misery and someone who is completely broken - fear and curiosity - suspenseful
“Once I heard it weeping… like a woman or a lost soul”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Symbolism - appearance of evil
“A dismal screech, as of mere animal terror, rang from the cabinet”
analysis?
this gets across the idea that whatever is inside in not human
“A dismal screech, as of mere animal terror, rang from the cabinet”
ten mark question categories?
symbolism - appearance of evil
Science reason and the supernatural
“There lay the cabinet before their eyes in the quiet lamplight, a good fire glowing and chattering on the hearth… right in the middle there lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching”
analysis?
w.c. - “chattering” - positive connotations: happiness and calmness - description of the rest of the room - peaceful atmosphere.
contrast - discovery of H’s body
“contorted” - very negative connotations: pain and suffering.
Duality - for the most part J’s study is warm, friendly, and as expected - the body that disrupts this.
reflects the character of J - on the outside - warm and friendly - small part of him is the complete opposite.
“There lay the cabinet before their eyes in the quiet lamplight, a good fire glowing and chattering on the hearth… right in the middle there lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Contrast
Symbolism - appearance of evil
Good vs evil
“Think of me at this hour, in a strange place, labouring under a blackness of distress that no fancy can exaggerate, and yet well aware that, if you will but punctually serve me, my troubles will roll away like a story that is told. Serve me, my dear Lanyon and save your friend, H.J.”
analysis?
Begins with confession and J’s affection for Lanyon
also includes a kind of deal - one sacrifice for another - overshadows honesty of confession
“Think of me at this hour, in a strange place, labouring under a blackness of distress that no fancy can exaggerate, and yet well aware that, if you will but punctually serve me, my troubles will roll away like a story that is told. Serve me, my dear Lanyon and save your friend, H.J.”
ten mark question categories?
Bachelorhood and friendship
Symbolism - letters and documents
“remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession. And now, you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derided your superiors—behold!”
analysis?
Shows L and J’s different approaches to science - J takes risks L doesn’t
J’s behaviour confirms status of tragic hero - desire for knowledge and greatness - lead to pain and suffering
Great price paid for his actions
“remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession. And now, you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derided your superiors—behold!”
ten mark question categories?
Science reason and supernatural
Duality
Symbolism - letters and documents
“What he told me in the next hour, I cannot bring my mind to set on paper. I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul sickened at it; and yet now when that sight has faded from my eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer.”
analysis?
Throughout novel - lots of references to the closeness of the three - J’s research divided them to a point of no return
“soul sickened at it” - powerful image shows how much this has affected L
“What he told me in the next hour, I cannot bring my mind to set on paper. I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul sickened at it; and yet now when that sight has faded from my eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer.”
ten mark question categories?
Bachelorhood and friendship
Secrecy/repression
Symbolism - letters and documents
“I concealed my pleasures… committed to a profound duplicity of life.”
analysis?
Expectations of Victorian society - easy to lose face - forced to hide part of himself
“I concealed my pleasures… committed to a profound duplicity of life.”
ten mark question categories?
Reputation
Duality
“Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest”
analysis?
“double-dealer” - two sides of his life almost polar opposites
Still believes he is J no matter is good or bad side
“Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Good vs evil
“that man is not truly one, but truly two.”
analysis?
Inseparable - all parts of our personality - make us who we are
“that man is not truly one, but truly two.”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Good vs evil
“old a slave to my original evil; and the thought, in that moment, braced and delighted me like wine”
analysis?
“slave” - darker side is now in total control
H - master
J - slave/servant
Simile - wine creates feeling of happiness and freedom - when transforms into H gets the same sort of feeling
J has no consequences for his actions - able to break free from all obligations
“old a slave to my original evil; and the thought, in that moment, braced and delighted me like wine”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Contrast
Good vs evil
“My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring”
analysis?
We can’t hide who we really are
“devil” - H again being compared to the devil - sense of evil and wicked - pure form of evil
“My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring”
ten mark question categories?
Duality
Good vs evil
Symbolism - appearance of evil
“I am careless; this is my true hour of death… I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.”
analysis?
Letters read after J’s death - dramatic irony - reader already knows what happens - even if J dies before ever learning
J thought he could split himself into two people - indulge in his desires freely
He did and he could but has to pay the biggest price of all - his life.
“I am careless; this is my true hour of death… I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.”
ten mark question categories?
Duality Good vs evil Symbolism - letters and documents Symbolism - appearance of evil Secrecy/repression (lack of)
