key quotes - jekyll and hyde

“the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood” - ch1

establishes the theme of duality. links to the interpretation of the novella acting as a metaphor for the novella for the division seen in Stevenson’s contemporary Edinburgh. the sibilance used in ‘street shone’ implies that the presence of this duality poses an underlying threat

hyde is described as “some damned juggernaut” - ch1

thte satanic connotations of ‘damned’ are juxtaposed against the omnipotent connotations of ‘juggernaut’. implies hyde is unrestricted by conventional ideas of religious morality

“something displeasing, something downright detestable” - ch1

the repitition of ‘something’ implies that hyde is more of a thing than a being, stevenson also uses repeated harsh ‘d’ consonants in ‘displeasing’, ‘downright’ and ‘detestable’ to introduce hyde as a force of evil

hyde described as giving a “strong feeling of deformity” - ch1

the ambiguity created by ‘feeling’ establishes an impression of uncertainty surrounding hyde. stevenson’s characterisation of hyde as mysterious is a detective novel convention he has ‘borrowed’ in his work of gothic fiction

'“all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his ‘friend and benefactor’ Edward Hyde” - ch2

links hyde and death of jekyll from the outset, foreshadowing jekyll’s ruin