Jekyll And Hyde Quotations

Question 1

“Pale and dwarfish”

Answer 1

• Charles Darwin evolution (regression)
• connotations of vampires and ghosts
• lack of life
• short meaning lower down in society
• victorians believed if you were ugly that you were evil

Question 2

“Ape like fury”

Answer 2

• simile, unhuman like troglodytic
• zoomorphism
• juxtaposes the normal civilised intelligent gentleman

Question 3

“Trampled calmly”

Answer 3

• oxymoronic
• no remorse
• unhumane
• evokes empathy

Question 4

“If he be mr Hyde, I shall be mr seek”

Answer 4

• Hyde represents the working class of Victorian London (poor)
  This could mean he is hiding from society
• pun (adds humour)
• demonstrates how he wants to be hidden a lot for example he covers up hyde with Jekyll
• aptronymic

Question 5

Motifs in Jekyll and Hyde

Answer 5

• doors (secrecy)
• letters (epistolary novel)

Question 6

What is regression

Answer 6

Returning to a less developed state

Question 7

Macrocosmic consequences

Answer 7

Small thing leading to bigger consequences

Question 8

What is a Machiavellian

Answer 8

Deceptive and manipulative person

Question 9

What is a tyrant

Answer 9

Controlling leader who’s corrupt

Question 10

“ my devil had long been caged”

Answer 10

• demonstrates duality and jekylls evil side
• noun devil symbolises Jekyll pure evil and his dark desires ( links to the devil which juxtaposed the dominant Christian views in Victorian London)
• the “cage” is a metaphor for the normal reputation for a Victorian gentleman and his deep desires have been stuck in him waiting come out (as Hyde)
• shows connotations of anger and power suggests he kept the “devil” a secret for so long and it has built up inside of him
• appearance theme. Juxtaposed the beginning of the novella where he is described as “well made man of fifty”

Question 11

“ I concealed my pleasures”

Answer 11

• hypocrisy of Victorian society people are expected to main respectable but it’s all a facade while secretly doing naughty deeds behind closed doors.
• Jekyll concealing his pleasures is a key turning point in the novella as this is when his desires get worse inside of him
• foreshadows the transformation of Hyde,
• creates suspense and anticipation for the reader
• reputation and secrecy

Question 12

No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene

Answer 12

• Hyde says this after trampling the girl this suggests he is still concerned about his reputation even as Hyde. Shows how Hyde isn’t that strong yet and he’s still mostly Jekyll
• the corruptions and hypocrisy as people, silenced other with money so their reputation isn’t ruined.

Question 13

I am ashamed of my long tongue

Answer 13

• Introspection and awareness of one’s communication.
  The use of “ashamed” suggests a strong feeling of remorse or disapproval of their own actions
• metaphor for being gossipy and talkative

Question 14

Man is not truly one but truly two

Answer 14

• encapsulates the central themes of human duality
• his primitive desires have been co existing with him all along
• destruction of nature of suppressing one’s true self
• symbolic of their duality
• hints to hidden desires behind the respectable Victorian London society

Question 15

There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable.

Question 16

My new power tempted me until I fell into slavery.

Question 17

Satan signature

Question 18

The moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr Hyde.

Question 19

I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self