quotes Flashcards
“man is not truly one but truly two”
-duality
-everyone has pure evil inside of them like the respectable jekyll did
-jekyll
“satan’s signature upon his face”
-utterson about hyde
-religion
-reinforces theme of hidden evil
-signatures suggests satan personally signed hyde
“if he be mr hyde… i shall be mr seek”
-utterson
-duality
“pale and dwarfish”
-utterson about hyde
-juxtaposes jekyll
-suggests deformity
“A large, well-made, smooth faced man of fifty”
-jekyll
-juxtaposes hyde
“the rosy man had grown pale”
-lanyon
-opposite to earlier
-link to hyde who is pale
-could show that everyone has an inner evil,even lanyon , enfield and utterson
-duality
“lean long dusty dreary yet somehow loveable”
-utterson
-boring
-easy to describe
-juxtaposition - suggests hidden complexity between being lean long dusty and dreary
-duality
“he was austere with himself”
-utterson
-victorian gentleman
“the chief jewel of each week”
-utterson and enfield
-sunday walks are valuable to the two of them like a jewel
-metaphor
“some damned juggernaut”
-hyde
-damned - pure evil and going to hell
-juggernaut - unstoppable
“the man trampled calmly over the childs body”
-hyde
-oxymoron - trampled calmy
“with ape like fury he was trampling his victim under foot”
-hyde
-simile
-animalistic
“utterson began to haunt the door”
-utterson
-obsession
-metaphor - not a ghost
“he began to go wrong , wrong in the mind”
-lanyon about jekyll
-repetition emphasising jekyll’s science
-foreshadowing
“unscientific balderdash”
-lanyon about jekyll
-jekyll’s experiments with hyde were unscientific
“a hearty , healthy dapper, red-faced gentleman”
-lanyon
-contrast to later
“they were both pale; and there was an answering horror in their eyes”
-utterson and enfield upon seeing jekyll start to transform
-pale - link to hyde
-they were both pale - they both have a hidden evil
-duality
“he had his death warrant written legibly on his face”
-lanyon
-legibly - clear that lanyon would die
“sold a slave to my original evil”
-jekyll
-original evil could link hyde and the devil
-religion
-suggests giving in to dark impulses - link to victorian gentlemen
“my devil had long been caged,it came out roaring”
-jekyll
-religion
-metaphor
-shows suppressed emotions and desires - link to victorian gentlemen
“wicked,tenfold more wicked”
-jekyll
-repetition shows how evil hyde is
“the moment i choose,i can be rid of mr hyde”
-jekyll
-foreshadowing
-dramatic irony
“like some disconsolate prisoner”
-suggests internal torment from hiding secrets
-suggests mentally, emotionally and physically trapped
“edward hyde would pass away like a stain on a mirror”
-simile
-suggests hyde is like a ghost
-suggests evil appears , leaves a lasting impact , then leaves
