Jekyll and Hyde Quotes

Human Nature

“Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil” chapter 10

“Those provinces of good and ill which divide and compound man’s dual nature” chapter 10

Civilisation and Savagery

“Ape-like fury” chapter 4

“It wasn’t like a man; it was like some damned juggernaut” chapter 1

“Something troglodytic” chapter 2

“The man seems hardly human” chapter 2

“A very pretty manner of politeness” chapter 4 (Carew)

Good and Evil

“I had come forth an angel instead of a fiend” (Jekyll being evil when taking potion made Hyde evil instead of really good) chapter 10

“The drug… was neither diabolical nor divine” chapter 10

“Those provinces of good and ill which divide and compound man’s dual nature” chapter 10

“Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil” chapter 10

“Good shone upon the countenance of.. one, evil was written… on the face of the other.” chapter 10

Appearance and Reality

“Evil had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay” chapter 10

The Supernatural

Secrets and Lies

“[Hyde] must have secrets of his own; black secrets” chapter 2

Mystery

Reputation

Setting

Jekyll has a "father's interest" in Hyde has he created him. But Hyde feels the resentment of "son's indifference" as he struggles to find his identity.