AQA English Lit Paper 1 Quotes - Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “Man is not truly one, but truly two” (THEMES)

Duality, Victorian Hypocrisy, Good VS Evil, Psychology

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “Man is not truly one, but truly two” (Characters)

Jekyll, Hyde and even Utterson / Lanyon (Characters that suppress their own desires)

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “Man is not truly one, but truly two” (WHY IT WORKS)

Core thesis statement of the whole novel

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “Like a damned Juggernaut” (THEMES)

Violence, Terror, Supernatural, Fear

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “Like a damned Juggernaut” (Characters)

Hyde’s pure evil, Utterson / Enfield’s passive reaction

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “Like a damned Juggernaut” (WHY IT WORKS)

Connects Hyde to Religious Damnation and mechanical, unstoppable, inhumane brutality

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “A hide-bound pedant” (THEMES)

Science VS Religion, Reputation, Victorian Society, Conflict

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “A hide-bound pedant” (CHARACTERS)

Jekyll, Lanyon, Utterson

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “A hide-bound pedant” (WHY IT WORKS)

Fits any question on the battle between tradition, rational Victorian Society and Jekyll’s radical mysticism as Rigidity for adaptation of Lanyon’s views

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “A flash of odious joy” (THEMES)

Secrecy, Hypocrisy (Double Standards), Hidden Darker Side of Victorian Gentlemen

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “A flash of odious joy” (CHARACTERS)

Hyde’s Housekeeper (Jekyll), The General Public

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “A flash of odious joy” (WHY IT WORKS)

Highlights how everyone in the novella secretly harbours dark, repressed emotions, not just Jekyll

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring” (THEMES)

Repression, Addiction, Evil, Consequences

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring” (CHARACTERS)

Jekyll’s loss of control, Hyde’s growing dominance

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - “My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring” (WHY IT WORKS)

Perfectly explain how Victorian Societal Pressure to be ‘good’ only made the hidden evil much more explosive