Jekyll Flashcards
(10 cards)
“had fallen upon his knees and lifted
his clasped hands to God”
He has turned to God for redemption
after realising his mistakes.
“I concealed my pleasures”
He suppressed his sinful side in order
to gain social respect.
“My devil had long been caged, he
came out roaring.”
Jekyll’s inner “devil” is a manifestation
of his deeper desires. The connotations
of “devil” also suggest that Jekyll’s
desires are in direct opposition to
contemporary Christian ideology.
“I felt younger, lighter, happier in
body”
Stevenson uses triadic structure to
show how burdensome the restraints of
society are on Jekyll.
“I was no more myself when I laid
aside restraint and plunged in
shame”
He has failed in splitting his good and
bad and has instead allowed the evil in
him to thrive.
“Smooth-faced man of fifty”
His external appearance doesn’t reflect
his internal truth.
“This is the last time…that Henry
Jekyll can think his own thoughts”
He eventually permanently loses
control over himself.
“man is not truly one but truly two”
He believes that the human psyche can
be split.
“Hyde, after all, and Hyde alone, was guilty”
Denial - Hyde is a part of Jekyll that has been repressed by society, and here Jekyll does the same. It also show the point of dissociation, at which Hyde becomes more powerful.
“The moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr Hyde”
Withdrawal and denial - Jekyll fools himself into thinking he has control over Hyde, when in fact it is the other way round.
