Edexcel GCSE English Jekyll And Hyde Quotes

Poor Harry Jekyll

"O my poor Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend."

Cain's heresy

"I incline to Cain's heresy, he used to say quaintly: I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."

Younger

"I felt younger, lighter, happier in body."

Evil

"All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil."

Sat in sun

"I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin."

Chief

"If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also."

"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."

Trampled calmly

"The man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see."

Street like a fire in a forest

"The street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest."

Never set eyes on him again

"I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again. I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world. It is all at an end."

Strong feeling of

"He gives a strong feeling of deformity"

His Eyes

"There came a blackness about his eyes"

Reputable

"Last reputable acquaintance... downgoing men"

Deep seated

"Deep seated terror of the mind"

Caged

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