Jekyll and Hyde - CHARACTER QUOTES

How is Hyde presented?

animalistic, violent and evil

Quotes about Hyde as animalistic

"Ape like fury", "ape-like tricks", "ape-like spite"

"I gnashed my teeth upon him"

"the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say?"

"Ape like fury", "ape-like tricks", "ape-like spite"

This has connotations of Hyde being devolved, rather than the stereotypical Victorian gentleman.From this we get that he is less refined, less cultured and advanced than others around him. It infers that, like an animal, he is incapable of resisting his urges and emotions, which is one of the reasons he has no control in his violent attacks. Furthermore, the way that Hyde is mentioned as a devolved version of man reflects back on the theory of evolution, which is a new, unchristian theory that is often shunned and ignored, and so the Victorian reader would find this scary, and feel uneasy as for them, this theory would also prove devolution. This further frightens the reader since they are scared that others could end up like Hyde.

"I gnashed my teeth upon him"

This is reminiscent of a dog bearing its teeth and barking. It further emphasises Hydes uncivilised character, and how he threatens people in this way. This is reflective of Hydes animalistic behavior, perhaps also showing us his desperation at this part of the novel, as he is trying to escape the murder of Carew. Like a desperate animal, he is willing to do anything to avoid capture, and reserve his life at all costs,almost like the instinctive self preservation of an animal

"the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say?"

Describing Hyde as unhuman infers that Hyde i some sort of animal, or human-animal hybrid. Utterson goes on to call him troglodytic, which means someone who lived like an animal, especially during prehistoric times.This infers that Hyde is more of an animal than a human, definitely less cultured than Utterson and his friends are. This is supported in chapter 1, when Enfeild say that Hyde, "wasnt like a man", further solidifying the beastly character of Hyde.

Quotes about Hyde as violent

"The man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground"

"with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered"

"He smote her in the face, and she fled"

"The man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground"

The word trampled has connotations of violence and destruction. This is juxtaposed by the word "calmly". There are multiple connotations to take from this quote, does the oxymoron insinuate that he has planned this? Or does it mean he doesnt care about what he is doing, further exemplifying his cruel, violent nature? Leaving her so nonchalantly may indicate his lack of conscience, emotion and empathy towards the victim.

"That human Juggernaut trod the child down and passed on regardless of her screams"

In the modern day, Juggernauts are lorries and trucks, however back in the victorian era, when Britain colonised India, some people watched a Hindi Ceremony in which a chariot, called a Juggernaut, was pulled through a city. Some eyewitnesses described seeing devotees to the religion throwing themselves in front of the chariot and being crushed to death. The juggernaut in Hyde is supposed to represent the relentless, unstoppable, uncontrolled killing force of Hyde, which disregards the screams of children.

"with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered"

Ape like fury, as was already mentioned, emphasises how out of control, irrational and animalistic Hyde is. The repeated verb of trampling again has connotations of violence and destruction. A storm of blows, like Hyde is an unstoppable, uncontrolled, unstoppable force of nature, and the fact that the maid whitnessing this can actually hear the bones shatter gives a sense of how ferocious the attack is. The imagery in this paragraph perfectly displays the violence in Hyde, and how he unleashes it.

"He smote her in the face, and she fled"

The irration behavior and anger is displayed in the verb smote, which specifically means o hit with a signigicant force.He perposefully didnt use the word smack to put across the violence in which he hit the woman.

Quotes about Hyde as evil

"There would stand by his side a figure to whom power was given, and even at that dead hour he must rise and do its bidding"

"If i ever read satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend"

"he broke out in a great flame of anger"

"There would stand by his side a figure to whom power was given, and even at that dead hour he must rise and do its bidding"

During his nightmare, Utterson describes a figure by the side of Jekyll's bed that seems to control jekyll and make him do whatever it wants. Describing him in this way is reminiscent of the vampire mind control in old vampire moves. Whilst dracula has not been published at the time Stevenson was writing jekyll and hyde, vampires and their psychic powers had been folklore for centuries. Perhaps Stevenson used this to create more fear and a sense of evil in Hyde

"If i ever read satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend"

This metaphor is saying that Hyde is the devil incarnate, Devil has already signed Hyde to his team and Hyde is now destined for a life of evil.Hyde is often compared throughout the novel to Satan, and the Victorians were very religious at that time, and so very afraid of Satan. This made the audience even more scared oh Hyde because of his Evil comparative.

"he broke out in a great flame of anger"

Great flame of anger also has connotations of hell, satan and damnation. As most christians saw themselves as christian, this paints hyde as the outsider. Great could connote anger. Flame could relate to violence or a lack of control or hell, and anger could also connote violence or a lack of self control. This shows him as evil and anger

How is Utterson presented

Good friend, gentleman, hypocrite

Quotes showing Utterson as a good and caring friend

"oh my poor old Harry Jekyll"

"it turns me cold to think of this creature stealing like a thief to Harrys bedside"

"Make a clean breast of this in confidence; and make i no doubt i can get you out of it

"I shall consider it my duty to break down that door"

"oh my poor old Harry Jekyll"

"oh my poor" shows affection and sympathy towards him in this situation of his friend, he is quite empathetic during the dilemma. He dioesnt judge jekyll and instead feels sorry for him

"it turns me cold to think of this creature stealing like a thief to Harrys bedside"

In this quotation we can see Uttersons care for his friend.We can see he is determined to get to the bottom of the Mr Hyde business and is worried about Hydes effect on Jekyll. He describes Hyde as almost like a vampire, sucking the life out of his friend.

"Make a clean breast of this in confidence; and make i no doubt i can get you out of it

He doesn't judge jekyll for anything he's gotten himself into, and he suspects that Hyde may be blackmailing jekyll, that Hyde may the the result of Jekyll's wild youth, and some modern scholars think that Utterson suspects a homosexual relationship between Jekyll and Hyde, although Stevenson could not explicitly write that because of the Obscene publications act of 1857. Even though he thinks all of this he doesn't want to abandon jekyll but wants to save him.

"I shall consider it my duty to break down that door"

Utterson is determined to get to the bottom of the situation and find out if his friend is ok, he says that he cinsiders it his duty. This has connotations of being obliged o do so, and thinks of it as a responsibility. He is caring and determined, and will do anything in his power to hlp his friend and his friends reputaton.

Quotes showing Utterson as a gentleman

"Austere with himself”

"The last good influence in the lives of downgoing men"

"Where utterson was liked he was well liked"

"Austere with himself

Victorian didnt approve of excess, and didnt think it looked good to indulge yourself, so the fact that Utterson is strict with himself, and drinks gin instead of Vointage wine suggests that he would be liked in the Victorian age.

"The last good influence in the lives of downgoing men"

This showsthat people who have dne wrong or are shunned by societycan still call on Mr Utterson, ebven when no one else will meet their eye, not just as a lawyer but as a friend.The abstract noun "influence" indicates that he even tries to helpwhen they are haing a hard time. He helps others and is charitable, which is a typical trait of a victorian gentleman. The reputation of someone in victorian times was very important, and a gentleman would aim to protect others reputatiom where they can

"Where utterson was liked he was well liked"

Everyone seems to like utterson.It says that he doesnt talk much, but people like that about him, amd hes comfortable company. It also tells us that people maybe say that they like someone because it would c=be confrountational if they didnt, however people genuinely seem to like Utterson, and he is "well liked". A typical vicorian gentleman, he ends up staying so neutral that people cant not like him. He tries not to offend in any way ad it works in his favour, raising his reputation all over london. He acts as an extended metaphor for all victorian gentlemen in this microcosm of Victorian society.

Quotes about Utterson as a hypocrite

"wondering almost in envy... at their misdeeds"

"I did not think you would have lied"

"I wouldn't speak of this note, you know”

"wondering almost in envy... at their misdeeds"

Almost as if hes jealous of the less savory things that others get up to because he couldn't get away with them himself. As a lawyer he couldn't go around fighting or getting drunk in public, or causing other scandals. It would ruin his reputation, as reputations are incredibly important to victorian gentleman. Either way stevenson points out that Utterson is envious of the people that can do these things. On the other hand, i think this quote humanises utterson to some degree. It makes him more relatable as a character, because there is more to him that meets the eye. He has depth and he's not just this flat character. It makes him seem more real than he's not a perfect lawyer but he has hidden desires and secrets. So it's not jekyll and hyde that the theme of duality applies to. EVERYMAN MORALITY PLAY

"I did not think you would have lied"

Lawyers should be trustworthy, but when he seeks out Mr Hyde for the first time in chapter 2, Utterson makes out that Jekyll told him about Hyde. He lies to Hyde's face and Hyde, who everyone seems to hate, points out that the lawyer is lying to him. This is not behavior you would expect from a man of the law

"I wouldn't speak of this note, you know”

Mr guest realises that Jekyll and Hyde have suspiciously similar handwriting. He tells Utterson and the penny doesn't quite drop. Why would you believe they were the same person? Instead, Utterson assumes that Jekyll is lying and writing notes in the behalf of Mr hyde, who, at thus point in the novel, is wanted for the brutal murder of SIr Danvers Carew. It says that Mr Utterson "struggled with himself" and then rather than telling the police that Jekyll probably knows where hyring out, or rather than confronting Jekyll about his relationship with Hyde, Utterson tells guest to forget the note ans hr handwriting and the conversation and no to speak about it to anyone ever, He just buries the subject and sweep it under the rug, again not the behavior you would expect of a man paid to uphold the law

How is jekyll presented?

well respected,out of control, a victim

Quotes showing Jekyll as well respected

"Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc"

"all intelligent, reputable men”

"my master... is a tall, fine build of a man"

"Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc"

In chapter 2 we see all of these letters after Jekylls name and when you write out all of the letters in full form they stand out for doctor of medecine, md, the dcl is a doctor of civil law, the lld is a doctor of laws, and the frs is a fellow of the royal society. The etc suggests that there are more letters to go after his name but he cant be bothered to list thwm all. We understand that Jekyll is a highly educated highly qualified gentleman. and also a member of the upper class.

"all intelligent, reputable men

In chapter three Jekyll hosts a dinner party where it is noted that the guests are all intelligent reputable men. We can infer that as these are the people that Jekyll is friends with, he is probably intelligent and reputable too meaning hes got a good reputation or at least thats the asssumption that STevenson wants us to make at this point in the novel.

"my master... is a tall, fine build of a man"

Novelsist reveal alot about their characters in what other character say about them. Thos one is a quote from poole who talks of jekyll in a highly positive terms. He talks about jekyll being tall and fine, which is quit the opposite to the dwarfish mr hyde. N interesting take would be to look at the connotations of the word master, which may infer superiority

Quotes showing Jekyll as out of control

"But the hand which i now saw... was the hand of Edward Hyde"

"my devil had been long caged, he came out roaring"

"i was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming sowly incorporated which my second and worse"

"But the hand which i now saw... was the hand of Edward Hyde"

Most of the time jekyll fancies getting up to no good. He rinks his potion turns into hyde, does whatever he wants for a few hours and when everyone is out lookin for the culprit he drinks the potion again and urns back into Jekyll, who would never been suspected since he is so respectable and a doctor only at one point he goes to sleep as dr jekyll and without tking any potion he wakes up as mr hyde. This means his bidy is changing by itself and hes starting to ose ontrol over the process now.

"i was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming sowly incorporated which my second and worse"

In chater ten jekyll admits that he was slowly using control of himself and slowly becoming more like hyde. Losing hold metaphor infers the losing of control he feels

"my devil had been long caged, he came out roaring"

Devil reminds the audience of the satanic, violent nature of hyde. Caged infers that Hyde is trapped and supressed by Jekyll and bottled up inside so long that the bottle broke , but his violent, animalistic personality comes out "roaring" Tho9is is the incident that lead to the murder of sir danvers, definately out of control here.

Quotes showing Dr Jekyll as a victim

"I am the chief of sinners, i am the chief of sufferers also"

"my new power tempted me until i fell in slavery”

"yet it was by these that i was punished"

"I am the chief of sinners, i am the chief of sufferers also"

In this quote jekyll shows that hes the chief sufferer, indicating that he suffers more than everyone else perhaps, or the two phrases could be related an he feels that he is now suffering due to the sheer over-indulgence of pure sinning that he's been doing lately

"my new power tempted me until i fell in slavery

If you take away the fact hat it was all of his own doing something that jekyll doesn't seem to see, he comes across as the victim here in this quote. He is a victim to power, hes a victim to the slavery into which he falls. Slavery has connotations of suffering under someone else, force and pain.

"yet it was by these that i was punished"

He goes on to say he was punished. Definitely a statement that makes him out to be the victim but who is he punished by? Hyde? Himself? God? the standards and expectations of society? that's for the reader to decide.

How is Lanyon presented?

Innocent, stubborn

Quotes showing Lanyon as stubborn

"I am quite done with that person."

"I am quite done with that person."

This shows that Dr Lanyon is stubborn, as he refuses to acknowledge Dr Jekyll's name. The fact that he is saying he is 'done with that person' shows that Lanyon doesn't forgive easily.