English Lit - Jekyll and Hyde

UTTERSON > "lean, long, dusty,

dreary and yet somehow lovable"

UTTERSON > "the last good influence

in the lives of down going men"

HYDE > "Trampled calmly

over the child's body"

HYDE > "like Satan"

over the child's body"

HYDE > "something

downright detestable"

JEKYLL > "the moment i chose

i could be rid of Mr. Hyde

HYDE > “It was like

some damned juggeernaut”

STEVENSON > “The street shone out in contrast

of its dingy neighborhood like a fire in a forest”

HYDE > “Mr Hyde shrank back with

a hissing intake of the breath”

JEKYLL > “O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if I ever read

Satan's signature upon a face”

JEKYLL > “ every mark of

capacity & kindness”

JEKYLL > “ A large well-made

,smooth-faced man of fifty

LANYON > “He began

to go wrong,wrong in mind”

HYDE > “ape

-like fury”

HYDE > (hating him) “I never saw a circle of hateful faces

carrying it off like Satan”

JEKYLL > “The large handsome face of Dr Jekyll

grew pale to the very lips and there came a blackness about his eyes”

STEVENSON > “The fog still slept on the

wing above the drowned city”

STEVENSON > “A great chocolate

-coloured paul lowered over heaven”

STEVENSON > “ Like a district of some

city in a nightmare”

STEVESON > (UTTERSON & ENFIELD seeing Jekyll’s face morph) “both pale and there

was a horror in their eyes”

UTTERSON > “God

forgive us” X2

LANYON > “His death-warrant

written legibly upon his face”

POOLE > “ I don’t like it, sir

- I wish I may die if I like it”

STEVENSON > “It was a wild

cold seasonable night of march”

STEVENSON > “Like some d…”

disconsolate prisoner”

POOLE > “Who’s in there instead of him and why it stays there,

“is thing that,is thing that cries to heaven Mr Utterson!”

POOLE > “If that was my master

,why did he cry out like a rat and run from me”

LANYON > ““ O God!”..

I screamed and “O God!” again”

LANYON > “My life is shaken to its roots

I feel that my days are numbered and I must die”

HYDE > “A dismal screech

of mere animal terror”

HYDE > “the body of a man

sorely contorted and still twitching”

JEKYLL/HYDE > “ Have you go it? he cried

Have you go it? And so lively was his impatience”

JEKYLL > “I stood there already

committed to a profound duplicity of life”

JEKYLL > “ That man is not truly one,

but truly two”

JEKYLL > “I concealed

my pleasures”

JEKYLL > “ like a school boy

,strip off these lending & spring headlong into a son of liberty”

JEKYLL > “ No one has ever

suffered such torments"

JEKYLL > “I bring the

unhappy life of Henry Jekyll to an end”

THE PLOT

Dr Jekyll creates a chemical potion that physically separates his good and evil sides, transforming him into the monstrous Mr Hyde. While Jekyll initially enjoys indulging his dark urges without ruining his high social standing, Hyde gradually grows stronger and begins taking over involuntarily. The story ends in tragedy when the potion ingredients run out, leaving Jekyll permanently trapped as Hyde, who commits suicide just as investigators break into the laboratory.

DR JEKYLL

A wealthy, respected Victorian scientist who creates a potion to separate his good and evil sides, leading to his ultimate downfall.

HYDE

Jekyll’s violent, grotesque alter ego who represents pure, unrestrained evil and eventually takes total control of Jekyll's body.

UTTERSON

A rational, tight-lipped lawyer and close friend to Jekyll who acts as the story's detective, investigating Hyde's identity.

LANYON

A conventional, mainstream doctor who dies of shock after witnessing Hyde transform back into Jekyll.

POOLE

Jekyll’s loyal, long-serving butler who seeks Utterson’s help when he notices his master's voice and behaviour completely change

SIR DANVERS CREW

A highly respected, elderly Member of Parliament who is brutally beaten to death in the street by Hyde.

HOWS
Ch________
The Theme of D____
The Theme of R_____ & S_____
The Theme of S_____
S______ & Sy_____
G____ c______
P_________ L_______

Characterisation
The Theme of Duality
The Theme of Religion & Science
The Theme of Secrecy
Setting & Symbols
Gothic conventions
Powerful Language