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‘no less ……….. for …….’

‘fallen upon his ….. and lifted his ……. ….. to God’

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no less distinguished for religion
Jekyll has rejected religion for science, shows the effect Hyde has on him- damaging- makes Jekyll reject a cornerstone of victorian society

fallen upon his knees and lifted his clapsed hands to God
jekyll has turned to God after realising his mistakes. the verbs fallen and clapsed show his desparation to admit that he was wrong and alternatively shows us that RLS thinks science is damaging.

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‘I ………. my p……’

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I concealed my pleasures
surpressed his desires to uphold his image of respectability.
socity = victorian gentleman = repress emotion
society damaging- lead to creation of Hyde as society could not accept someone with some bad in them- lead to a manifaestation of total evil- implying that Jekyll, if he didn’t need to conceal wouldn’t have committed all atrcoities.

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‘more …….. ……….. to ill’

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more furious propensity to ill
Jekyll realises that Hyde is becoming more volatile and out of control but cant stop himself from transforming

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‘My ….. had long been ….., he came out ……’

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My devil had long been caged, he came out roaring
long been caged shows that Hyde is the creation of years of longing had manifested
Devil = biblical allusion to a being of commplete evil- manifestation of deepest desires

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‘I felt ……. , ……. , ……. in body’

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I felt younger, lighter, happier in body
triadic structure to emphasise the freedom from society that Hyde gives Jekyll

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‘man is not truly … but truly …’

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man is not truly one but truly two
believes human psyche can be split into two distinct parts- good and evil which both exist at the same time

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‘I bring the …… life of …… ……. to an …’

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I bring the unhappy life of Henry Jekyll to an end
sympathy created
ALT: IRONY
man who devoted his entire life to ‘transcendental science’ is killed by the very result of this transcendental science.

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‘This is the …. time (…) HJ can think his … …….’

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This is the last time … that Henry Jekyll can think his own thoughts
think his own thoughts = saddening statement showing how Hyde has consumed Jekyll - and perhaps shows that man is not dual as they end up becoming one again

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‘smooth-…… man of …..’

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smooth-faced man of fifty
how the outward appreance of smooth indicating a calmness to Jekyll’s life is not shared within of his devil

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