Jekyll and Hyde

Question 1

“like satan” (violence, hyde, religion)

Answer 1

*hell connotations
*compare hyde with the devil
*abominable human with no conscience

Question 2

“storm of blows” (violence, hyde)

Answer 2

*storm=all consuming weather event that overpowers man
*allows reader to picture hyde murdering carew
*hydes physical force is something out of nature+inhumane
*functions to indicate hydes non human state

Question 3

“a crime of singular ferocity” (hyde, violence, repression) C4

Answer 3

*references jack the ripper crimes
*gives idea vicious animal was responsible

Question 4

“sorely contorted body” (violence, science, desire) C8

Answer 4

*contorted= shows how science changed jekyll
*jekyll killed himself as his desire to experiment became to strong

Question 5

“a deep-seated terror of the mind” (duality, society, mystery, lanyon) C6

Answer 5

*not dying of physical decay but mentally
*deep-seated=shows how duality is always present in gentlemen

Question 6

“temptation of a discovery so singular and profound” (jekyll, mysterious, religion, science) C10

Answer 6

*this is what motivates jekyll to create hyde
*tries to change human nature which christians see as gods creation
*jekyll meddles with human nature for his own selfish reasons

Question 7

“greed of curiosity” (lanyon, fear, mystery) C9

Answer 7

*metaphor links to many cautionary tales around in Stevenson’s time.
*Lanyon realising that curiosity is not harmless in fact it is considered a sin punishable by death
*foreshadow his death.

Question 8

“pale and dwarfish” (hyde, duality, supernatural) C2

Answer 8

*pale=lack of life, connotations to vampires, something ghostly, faint version of jekyll
*dwarfish=short suggests he is below people in society socially+physically, less evolved than the civilised upstanding gentleman

Question 9

“you must suffer me to go my own dark way” (duality, good and evil, jekyll) C6

Answer 9

*command, demanding an obedience that may cause pain
*jekyll can differentiate between good and evil
*jekyll asking utterson to leave the matter

Question 10

“the moment i choose i can be rid of mr hyde” (duality, desire) C3

Answer 10

*believes his ego has control over his desires
*reasurring utterson he can overcome his temptation when ironically Jekyll continues to turn into Hyde uncontrollably

Question 11

“hearty, healthy, dapper red-faced gentlemen” (lanyon, duality) C2

Answer 11

*alliteration
*early description of lanyon contrasts with the later one after he’s witnessed Hyde’s transformation-“I have had a shock and I shall never recover”
*intolerant to what he has witnessed, defeated by jekyll