Jekyll and Hyde Quotations - C3

Question 1

“The large ________ face of Dr ______ grew ____ to the very ____, and there came a _________ about his eyes”

Answer 1

“The large handsome face of Dr Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes”

• juxtaposition - “handsome” face with pale lips and black eyes - a man’s dual nature is not just a mental conflict, but also a physical one
• “blackness” of “his eyes” alludes to the darkness of Hyde’s soul
• readers get a sense of evil spreading

Victorian’s believed that eyes were the windows to the soul - “blackness” - sinister, gothic, unknown

Question 2

“That h___ - b_____ pedant, L______”

Answer 2

“That hide-bound pedant, Lanyon”

“Hide-bound” - unwilling to change because of tradition or convention
“Pedant” - a person who is excessively concerned with minor details

Question 3

“What I heard was a__________”

Utterson telling Jekyll what he heard about Hyde

Answer 3

“What I heard was abominable”

Extremely bad/ causing moral revulsion