Jekyll and Hyde Quotes - Paper 2 English Literature

Utterson is not judgemental

“Mr Utterson had an approved tolerance of others”

Allusion (text refers to another well-known text, person, event, or idea without fully explaining it)

“I incline to Cain’s heresy”

Utterson’s job profession + loyalty

“the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men”

Mr utterson was …. {lovable}

“lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable”

The door …

“The door [without] bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained”

There is something wrong about his appearance; ….

“There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable”

A large, … {jekyll}

“A large, well-made, smooth faced man of fifty”

particularly … {hyde}

“particularly small and wicked looking”

Description of Sir Danvers Carew - a respectable gentleman

“an aged and beautiful gentleman with white hair”

Violence of Hyde, animalistic and atavism

“With ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot”

Define Atavism

an ancestral genetic trait that reappears after having been lost in previous generations

a … {london description}

“a great chocolate covered pall lowered over heaven […] district of some city in a nightmare”

I b… {honour}

“I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world”

Lanyon’s shock

(Dr. Lanyon) “shocked at the change […] death warrant written legibly upon his face”

Description of the Jekyll’s face when he begins to transforms {fear?}

(Utterson about jekyll) “(the) smile was struck out of his face (and succeeded by an expression of) such abject terror and despair”

Plot revelation - ch9

“He… drank with one gulp. […] my mind submerged in terror… there stood Henry Jekyll!”

Duality - Fond of …

(Jekyll) “I was fond of the respect of the wise and the good … [but] I concealed my pleasures [because there was] a profound duplicity of me”

Duality [easy quote]

“man is not truly one, but truly two”

i was slowly …. {Jekyll realising he’s cooked}

(Jekyll) “I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and slowly becoming […] my second and worse”

… alone in …, …

“Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.”

Define Ostracised

Deliberately avoiding/not inviting to social events,
What jekyll DOESN’T want to happen to him

he …. {girl}

“trampled calmly”

Murder of Sir Danvers Carew

“bones audibly shattered”

5 places that violence is shown

• girl

• sir danvers carew

• psychological violence

• suicide of Hyde “body still twitching”

• banging the door open when they barge in

2 Quotes for the breaking down of the door

“the battered door stood in the middle of the room”
“the red baize door leaped against the lock and hinges”

Common Motifs

• Duality

• Doors (lock → secretive)

• Fog

Why is dual narrative Significant?

• Two sides of the same story; adds to DUALITY

Victorian Reputation: Context

• Must be respectable, polite and restrained

Victorian Fear of Science + Change: Context

• 1800s was period of dramatic scientific breakthroughs

• People feared it fought against religion

• Jekyll → incarnation of this fear and moral breakdown → ‘plays God’

Duality: Context

• Freud - Id - Desire - His desire to be free and do what he wants

• He is trying to split the Id

Stevenson: Context

• Raised strict religious household in Scotland - clear good and bad

• Later rebelled - J&H is an exploration of his internal struggles