Jeyll And Hyde Quotes 2 Flashcards
Quotes and their chapters that link to secrecy
“Utterson opened his safe, took..Dr Jekylls will” (chap 2)
“The dingy windowless structure” (chap 5)
“Dusty windows barred with iron” (chap 5)
“He locked the note in his safe” (chap5)
“Within there was another enclosure, likewise sealed” (6)
Quotes and chapter, gothic imagery
“The by street was very solitary and in-spite of the low growl of London, very silent” (2)
“A fog rolled over the city…lit by the full moon” (4)
“A great chocolate coloured pall lowered over heaven” (4)
“Swirling wreaths” (4)
“The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city” (5)
Quotes, negative description of Hyde
“”It wasn’t like a man it was like some damned juggernaut”(1)
“Black sneering coolness…like Satan”(1)
“Pale and dwarfish” (2)
“An impression of deformity…malformation”(2)
“The creature…that masked thing like a monkey jumped”(8)
Quotes about reputation
“Professional honour and faith to his dead friend were strict obligations” (chap 6)
“We may at least save his credit” (chap 8)
“I would say nothing of this paper” (chap 8)
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Quotes that show the Victorian attitude
“I am ashamed of my long tongue” (chap1, metaphor)
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Quotes that show the upper class victorians
“Never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse…dusty, dreary, and yet somehow loveable” (chap 1, about mr u)
Quotes to show the epistolary(in the form of letters)
“Not to be opened until death or disappearance of Dr Jekyll.”
“Will in the name of Utterson”
“Sealed and stamped envelope”
Quotes that show urban terror
“City in a a nightmare”
Streets described as: “empty”, “solitary”, “silent”
Quotes that show younger Jekyll
“I concealed my pleasures”
Theme: scientific development
I wish to see or hear no more of Dr Jekyll… I am quite done with that person; and I beg you will spare me any allusion to one whom I regard as dead.” - Dr Lanyon.
Theme: scientific development
“I wish to see or hear no more of Dr Jekyll… I am quite done with that person; and I beg you will spare me any allusion to one whom I regard as dead.” - Dr Lanyon.
-evenson presents Lanyon’s emotions very clearly in this section - one of Jekyll’s oldest friends views him as ‘dead’ due to what he has done. The language Stevenson uses is charged with passion and emotion. The repetition of ‘I’ illustrates that Lanyon feels he is in control of the situation and has control over Jekyll.
2) “there lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching.”
Analysis: This shows that Jekyll eventually killed himself as his desire to experiment made Mr Hyde get stronger. The use of the phrase ‘sorely contorted’ illustrates how science changed who Jekyll was and who he became. It ‘contorted’ his very self.
3) “A week afterwards Dr Lanyon took to his bed, and in something less than a fortnight he was dead.”
Analysis: The short time period of a week illustrates how quickly Dr Lanyon’s health deteriorated because of Dr Jekyll’s revelation
Theme: duality
1) “every mark of capacity and kindness - you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr Utterson.”
Analysis: This shows that Dr Jekyll was kind and everyone believed him to be so. The fact that he ‘cherishes’ Mr Utterson tells us that he loves his friends very much and cares about other people.
2) “haunting sense of unexpressed deformity with which the fugitive impressed his beholders.”
Analysis: This shows that Hyde’s appearance and personality terrifies others – they always remember seeing him. The fact that his appearance is ‘haunting’ shows how terrifying he is.
Social and historical context
Social and historical context
In the Victorian period, change was apparent due to the Industrial Revolution. Factories were being built and technology was advancing - this resulted in a shift from the ‘natural’ farming type of life to one filled with technology and industry. This change is presented in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde through Jekyll’s experiment - his desire to change the natural course of his being through science.
Theme: nature vs the supernatural
1) “And now, you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derided your superiors - behold!”
Analysis: In this quotation, Dr Jekyll (transformed into Mr Hyde) is talking to Dr Lanyon and is revealing the nature of his experiment to him. The repetition of ‘you’ shows Dr Jekyll’s anger towards Dr Lanyon, as he has always ‘denied’ this form of medicine. It also shows his passion for his experiment and highlights that he cares about his experiment more than anything else.
2) “…the cords of his face moved with a semblance of life, but life was quite gone.”
Analysis: This shows that Jekyll/Hyde should still be alive, as the muscles of his face still look alive - they almost wish to be alive. However, life was ‘quite gone’. This shows that Jekyll/Hyde have died and have no hope in ever returning.
Theme: good vs evil
1) “One of your fellows, who do what they call good”
1) throughout the Novella, the definition of good is always muddled, makes it clear that it isn’t just all black and white, represented in the dark secrets and intentions of other characters
2) “alone in the ranks of mankind, pure evil”
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His evil lies in being entirely selfish: he will do whatever he wants to satisfy his own appetites without any regard for other people.
