Jekyll and Hyde - Hyde / evil Flashcards
Chapter 1 - “the man trample calmly..
..over the girls body and left her screaming on the ground”
Analysis on “trampled calmly”
- oxymoron
- juxtaposes violence with detachment
- no remorse
- shows Hyde’s lack of empathy and moral detachment
Chapter 1 - “it wasn’t a man; it..
..was like some damned Juggernaut”
Analysis on “like some damned Juggernaut”
- suggests an unstoppable force
- brutal, relentless
- simile
- portrays Hyde and overwhelming and destructive
Chapter 1 - “He was perfectly cool and made no resistance..
..but he gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running”
Analysis on “one look so ugly, that it brought out the sweat on me”
- his appearance induces fear and revulsion ( revulsion = sense of disgust and loathing)
- suggesting his nature is inherently evil and disturbing
Chapter 1 - “he gives a strong feeling of..
..deformity … an extraordinary looking man”
Chapter 2 - “Mr Hyde shrank back..
..with a hissing intake of breath.”
Analysis on “Mr Hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of breath”
- animalistic and sinister
- reveals his primal threatening demeanour
Chapter 2 - “The other..
..snarled aloud into a savage laugh”
Chapter 2 - “Mr Hyde was pale and dwarfish..
..he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation”
Chapter 2 - “God bless me..
..the man seems hardly human!”
Analysis on “God bless me the man seems hardly human!”
- highlights Hyde’s inhuman traits
- emphasizes the contrast between Jekyll’s humanity and Hyde’s monstrosity
Chapter 2 - “if I ever read Satan’s signature..
..upon a face, its upon that of your new friend.”
Chapter 4 - “He broke in a great flame of..
..anger…like a madman”
Analysis on “He broke out into a great flame of anger”
- shows Hyde’s uncontrollable rage
- contrasting with Jekyll’s usual demeanour, calm and composed
Analysis on “like a madman”
- simile suggests loss of control
- highlights the unpredictability and lack of restraint of Hyde’s chaotic nature
Chapter 4 - “He broke out into a great flame of anger”..
..trampling his victim underfoot, and hailing down a storm of blows”
Chapter 4 - “with ape-like fury, he was..
..trampling his victim underfoot, and hailing down a storm of blows”
Analysis on “ape-like fury”
- primal aggression
- depicts him as animalistic and brutal, emphasizing his savagery
- will evoke fear and revulsion in the readers
Chapter 8 - “I think there’s..
..been foul play”
Analysis on “I think there’s been foul play”
- suggests wrongdoing or crime
- implies the speaker suspects deceit or malicious intent
- diminishes trust in Jekyll and heightens fear of Hyde
Chapter 8 - “He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and..
..whipped upstairs into the cabinet…Sir, if that was my master why had he mask upon his face?”
Chapter 10 - “Edward Hyde, alone..
..in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil”
