Chapter 5 Key Quotations

Question 1

Initial description of Jekyll’s laboratory:

Answer 1

• “dingy windowless structure”
• “gaunt and silent”
  (gothic, haunting description alluding to the theme of secrecy)

Question 2

Sinister, gothic environment of the lab:

Answer 2

“light falling dimly through the foggy cupola”
- Once again, “foggy” links to secrecy, mystery, and death, as well as suspense

Question 3

The windows of Jekyll’s cabinet:

Answer 3

“three dusty windows barred with iron”
- Interesting in that it echoes both Hyde’s imprisonment within Jekyll, and Jekyll’s imprisonment in his situation

Question 4

Jekyll’s appearance:

Answer 4

• “looking deadly sick”
• “feverish manner”

Question 5

Jekyll’s terror at Hyde’s actions:

Answer 5

“I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again. […] It is all at an end.”
- Perhaps foreshadows the impulsive, uncontrollable nature of Jekyll’s transformation into Hyde, revealed later.

Question 6

Dismal presentation of setting with the motif of fog (secrecy and mystery):

Answer 6

“The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city”

Question 7

Similarity in the handwriting:

Answer 7

• “a rather singular resemblance”
• “in many points identical; only differently sloped”

Question 8

Utterson’s extreme alarm:

Answer 8

• “Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer!”
• “his blood ran cold in his veins”
  (suggests his devout loyalty to and concern for his friends)