Jekyll and Hyde Quotations - C8

Question 1

‘It was a ____, cold, _________ night of _____’
- setting the scene

Answer 1

‘It was a wild, cold, seasonable, night of March’

• Pathetic Fallacy
• Gothic setting - creates suspense - list of 3

Question 2

‘A ____ moon, ______ on her back as though the ____ had ______ her’
- description of the moon

Answer 2

‘A pale moon, lying on her back as though the wind had tilted her’

• Gothic setting builds tension and suggests unnatural events

Question 3

‘I give you my _____-____ it was __ ____’
- Poole - expressing who he knew he saw

Answer 3

‘I give you my bible-word it was Mr Hyde’

• Poole swears on the Bible - the Bible held the uppermost power and respect in the Victorian society

Question 4

‘W______ like a _____ or a lost ____’
- Poole describing what his master is doing

Answer 4

‘Weeping like a woman or a lost soul’

• Poole compares his master to a woman - emphasising on the idea that women were considered to be weak

Question 5

‘A ______ ______, as of mere animal ______ rang from the cabinet’
- What we can hear from Hyde

Answer 5

‘A dismal screech, as of mere animal terror rang from the cabinet

• Hyde is acting like an animal showing his primitive nature

Question 6

‘The body of a ____-________’
- Hyde and Jekyll

Answer 6

‘The body of a self-destroyer’

• Jekyll murders himself through Hyde

Question 7

‘Your ________ and _______ friend…’
- Jekyll’s sign off

Answer 7

‘Your unhappy and unworthy friend…’

• Jekyll’s ending signature
• His need for happiness has turned against him

Question 8

“The whole of the s________, men and women, stood h_______ together like a f_____ of s_____”

“Very i________, very u__________; your m_______ would be far from p________” - Utterson’s reaction

Answer 8

“The whole of the servants, men and women, stood huddled together like a flock of sheep”

“Very irregular, very unseemly; your master would be far from pleased”

Question 9

Poole had a “red p_______-h___________”

“R____ b______ of the c________ door”

Answer 9

“Red pocket-handkerchief”
“Red baize of the cabinet door”

Colour symbolism - red = danger/anger/blood
Foreshadows the horrifying event to come

Question 10

“For G___’_ sake (…) find me some of the o___”

Answer 10

“For God’s sake (…) find me some of the old”

Jekyll is desperate to find a “pure” sample of a “drug” - he’s sounding very much like a drug addict