CHAPTER TEN - FULL STATEMENT

The "Profound Duplicity" of Youth

"I stood already committed to a profound duplicity of life." Jekyll admits that his need to "carry his head high" forced him to hide his "pleasures" with a "morbid sense of shame."

The "Truly Two" Thesis

"man is not truly one, but truly two." This is Jekyll’s central "scientific discovery"—that the human psyche is a "perennial war" between "good and ill."

The "Polar Twins" Struggle

"in the agonised womb of consciousness, these polar twins should be continuously struggling." Jekyll views the "primitive duality of man" as a "curse" he hoped to solve through "separation."

The "Immaterial" Body

"the trembling immateriality, the mistlike transience, of this seemingly so solid body." Jekyll’s "mystic" theory that the human form can be "shaken and plucked back" by "certain agents."

The "Racking Pangs" of Birth

"The most racking pangs succeeded: a grinding in the bones, deadly nausea." The agonizing physical cost Jekyll risks "death" for to "dethrone" his original identity.

The "Heady Recklessness" of Hyde

"conscious of a heady recklessness... an unknown but not an innocent freedom of the soul." The "sweet" and addictive feeling of being Hyde, free from "the bonds of obligation."

The Mirror’s Welcome

"when I looked upon that ugly idol in the glass, I was conscious of no repugnance, rather of a leap of welcome." Jekyll’s acceptance of Hyde as "natural and human," recognizing him as his own "original evil."

Why Hyde was Small

"The evil side of my nature... was less robust and less developed than the good which I had just deposed." Jekyll explains that Hyde is "younger and slighter" because Jekyll’s life was "nine tenths a life of effort and virtue."

The "Pure Evil" Realization

"Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil." Jekyll explains that while all other humans are "commingled out of good and evil," Hyde is a "single" image of the spirit.

The Prisonhouse Door

"it but shook the doors of the prisonhouse of my disposition." Jekyll realizes the drug didn't create Hyde, but merely released the "alert and swift" evil that was already inside him.

The "Thick Cloak" of Hyde

"assume, like a thick cloak, that of Edward Hyde." Jekyll used his second identity as a "mantle" of safety to indulge in "undignified" acts without losing his "reputation."

The "Impenetrable Mantle" Safety

"in my impenetrable mantle, the safety was complete. Think of it—I did not even exist!" The "strange immunities" Jekyll felt as Hyde, believing he could "laugh at suspicion."

The "Vicarious Depravity" Horror

"Henry Jekyll stood at times aghast before the acts of Edward Hyde... Jekyll was no worse." Jekyll’s "hypocrisy" in distancing himself from the "monstrous" acts while his "conscience slumbered."

The "Hairy Hand" Warning

"the hand that lay on my knee was corded and hairy. I was once more Edward Hyde." The "Babylonian finger" that warns Jekyll he is "slowly losing hold" of his original self without the drug.

The Father and the Son

"Jekyll had more than a father's interest

The Choice of Two Natures

"Between these two, I now felt I had to choose." Jekyll realizes he can no longer be "radically both" and must decide between the "elderly doctor" and the "liberty" of Hyde.

The "Caged Devil" Roaring

"My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring." Jekyll’s explanation for the "singular ferocity" of the Carew murder, which happened after a period of "abstinence."

The "Spirit of Hell" Awoken

"Instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me and raged. With a transport of glee, I mauled the unresisting body." Jekyll’s description of the Carew murder, "tasting delight from every blow."

The News of the Murder

"the guilt of Hyde was patent to the world... Jekyll was now my city of refuge." Jekyll realizes that Hyde is "hunted" and "hated," forcing him to embrace the "restrictions of natural life" to stay safe.

The Regent’s Park Change

"I looked down... the hand that lay on my knee was corded and hairy. I was once more Edward Hyde." Jekyll transforms in public while "vaingloriously" comparing himself to others, showing he has lost "voluntary control."

Hyde in Portland Street

"that child of Hell had nothing human

The "Horror of Being Hyde"

"It was no longer the fear of the gallows, it was the horror of being Hyde that racked me." Jekyll’s final state, where he "hated and feared" the "brute that slept within him."

The "Slime of the Pit" Quote

"the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices... knit to him closer than a wife, closer than an eye." Jekyll’s final self-loathing, viewing Hyde as a "hellish" and "inorganic" parasite "caged in his flesh."

Hyde’s "Ape-like Tricks"

"scrawling in my own hand blasphemies on the pages of my books, burning the letters." Hyde’s "terror of the gallows" drives him to sabotage Jekyll out of "resentment" and "hatred."

The "Unknown Impurity" Calamity

"I am now persuaded that my first supply was impure... that unknown impurity which lent efficacy to the draught." Jekyll’s realization that his "success" was a "miracle" he can never replicate, as his salt runs low.

The "True Hour of Death"

"this is my true hour of death, and what is to follow concerns another than myself." Jekyll’s last words before he "forever reindues" Hyde and commits suicide.