Hyde Quotes

spirit of hell (inner evil)

instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me and raged (chapter 10)

• adverb ‘instantly’ shows how unpredictable Hyde is, which shows his chaotic nature

• the religious language ‘spirit of hell’ demonstrates how Hyde is part of Jekyll’s soul and how he radiates with evil and hell

• verb ‘raged’ presents Hyde’s uncontrollable anger

an imprint of d… (inner evil)

Evil had left.... an imprint of deformity and decay (chapter 10)

• this description shows how Hyde is an artificial creation of Jekyll. The noun ‘deformity’ connotes disfigured and ugly, this description presents how Victorians feared transgressive science and how they viewed it as clearly unnatural and troublesome

• noun ‘decay’ could be used to present how Hyde is causing Jekyll’s good side to rot away or it could show Hyde’s corruptive nature

satan’s signature (inner evil)

I read Satan’s signature on his face (chapter 2)

• sibilance in ‘Satan’s signature’ creates a hissing effect like a snake, snakes are not only associated with evil, but in Genesis Satan disguises himself as a snake. This connection could be used to help emphasize Hyde’s relation to Satan himself

• The use of the word ‘signature’ on Hyde’s face displays how Hyde can easily be identified and associated with the devil and in no way is he trying to hide it,

trampled (degeneration)

trampled calmly over the child’s body(chapter 1)

• oxymoron shows Hyde’s lack of remorse of sympathy, this highlights his absence of basic human nature and pure evil attitude

human → troglodytic (degeneration)

‘hardly human’, ‘something troglodytic’ (chapter 2)

• alliteration in ‘hardly human’ emphasizes his improper appearance, as he doesn’t look civilised Utterson doesn’t view him as human

• adjective ‘troglodytic’ presents Hyde’s animalistic and prehistoric appearance. This description of Hyde shows the Victorians fear of degeneration

ape-like (degeneration)

with ape-like fury… hailing down a storm of blows (chapter 4)

• ‘ape-like’ represents how unhuman Hyde is and better resembles apes, the mention of apes reveals Victorians fear of degeneration

• noun ‘fury’ connotes violent anger and also commonly associated with wild weather. Throughout the novel the weather reflects the emotions and growing power of Hyde. The use of ‘storm’ presents Hyde’s power is at an all high and is destructive

grew pale → deathly sick (Hyde’s growing power)

grew pale to the very lips (ch 3) → looked deathly sick (ch 5)

destroyed the balance (Hyde’s growing power)

My evil finally destroyed the balance of my soul

powers of Hyde = sickliness of Jekyll (Hyde’s growing power)

The powers of Hyde seemed to have grown with the sickliness of Jekyll

innocent freedom (freedom)

an innocent freedom of the soul

sea of liberty (freedom)

spring headlong into the sea of liberty

younger,l…,h… (freedom)

I felt younger, lighter, happier in body

great flame (Hyde’s surge in power)

all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger (chapter 4)

• adverb ‘sudden’ creates a tone of uncontrollable and unpredictable, this reflects the manic and irrational aspect of Hyde’s character

• metaphor‘broke out’ could symbolise how Hyde is like a captured dangerous beast and how he was previously concealed and controlled by Jekyll but now he has the immense power to release himself from Jekyll’s grip.

  Hyde could also be symbolising how suppressed emotions burst out, and that it’s harmful for Victorian Gentlemen to bury down emotions just to protect their reputation

• ‘great flame of anger’, flame connotes threatening and wild, this shows how Hyde thrives in chaos and can no longer be restrained by anything.

my devil (Hyde’s surge in power)

my devil had been long caged, he came out roaring (chapter 10)

• metaphor ‘long caged’ presents how Hyde has been concealed and suppressed by Jekyll for ever. The imagery of the cage portrays how threatening and dangerous Hyde is, and that he has to be contained for the safety of Jekyll’s reputation

• verb ‘roaring’ connotes loud and riotous, and how Hyde resembles a beast

• possessive pronoun ‘my devil’ could be interpreted as how Hyde acts as Jekyll’s personal tormenter and that he belongs to him

disconsolate prisoner (Hyde’s surge in power)

Jekyll looks ‘like some disconsolate prisoner’