Mokk

Question 1

Hyde trampling the girl in the first chapter. Displaying his emotional instability and physical disparity from the norm.
Themes:
- Violence. Suffering. Fear. Duality. Transgression.

Answer 1

‘The man trampled calmly over the girl’s body and left her screaming on the ground.’

‘like some damned juggernaut’

Question 2

Hyde’s physical description
Themes:
- The unknown. Fear. Mystery. Dehumanisation.

Answer 2

‘He is not easy to describe’

‘I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why’

Question 3

Hyde’s physical ‘deformities’ described multiple times, could be linked to being interpreted as to being only a half of Jekyll.

Themes:
- The Uncanny. Mystery. Science. Duality.

Answer 3

‘he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation’

‘He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point’

Question 4

Utterson detects Hyde’s inherent evil and fears for his friend that something bad is inevitable with Hyde around.

Themes:
- Hell. Chaos. Duality. Fear. Friendship. Deception. Irony. Blasphemy.

Answer 4

‘O my poor old Henry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.’

Question 5

Another reference to the deformity that is Edward Hyde. The idea is presented that Jekyll will never be the man he was, Hyde has had a lasting impact on him.

Themes:
- Good and evil. Duality. Regression. Consequence.

Answer 5

‘Evil … had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay.’

Question 6

Jekyll is the only character who does not find Hyde physically repugnant, On seeing Hyde in the mirror for the first time he says this.

Themes:
- Addiction. Temptation. Hedonism. The id. Transgression.

Answer 6

‘I was conscious of no repugnance, rather a leap of welcome’

Question 7

Jekyll acknowledging that he had created an antichrist.

Themes:
- Duality. Dehumanisation. Blasphemy. Good and evil.

Answer 7

‘Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.’

Question 8

Jekyll’s counterpart; Hyde is described with the most devilish intentions.

Themes:
- Disgust. Evil. Dehumanisation. Hell. Transgression. Immorality.

Answer 8

‘That child of Hell had nothing human; nothing lived in him but fear and hatred.’

Question 9

Jekyll is lying to his friends about Hyde’s personality to try and hide him from their investigations. This is Jekyll being dishonest and prompts the question if that Hyde really took ALL of Jekyll’s evil, or is it inherent.

Themes:
- Consequence. Control. Admiration. Delusion. Addiction. Boundlessness. Immorality.

Answer 9

‘His love of life is wonderful.’