Mr Hyde Quotations Flashcards
(22 cards)
What strong feeling does Hyde convey?
He conveys a ‘strong feeling of deformity’.
How does Hyde’s appearance affect perceptions of him?
Through physiognomy, his appearance would convict him as a criminal.
What animalistic quality is attributed to Hyde?
‘Ape-like’ gives him animalistic qualities.
What does ‘with a flush of anger’ indicate about Hyde?
Shows his volatile personality.
How is Carew’s body described after Hyde’s attack?
He leaves Carew’s body ‘incredibly mangled’.
What does the mangling of Carew’s body suggest?
This shows the intentionality behind his acts of violence.
What does ‘Shrank back with a hissing intake of the breath’ suggest about Hyde?
He is characterised as animalistic.
What does the term ‘The creature’ imply?
It emphasizes Hyde’s inhuman nature.
What do the phrases ‘Seizing, surprising and revolting’ convey?
They highlight Hyde’s overwhelming and disturbing presence.
What does ‘Into a savage laugh’ suggest about Hyde?
It reflects his primal and uncontrollable nature.
What does ‘Damned Juggernaut’ mean?
Means a hugely overwhelming destructive force.
What does ‘A man who was without bowels of mercy’ suggest?
Alliterative ‘w’ shows how difficult it is to articulate Hyde as a character as he is a being who lacks all conventional morals.
What reaction does Hyde’s appearance evoke?
‘So ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running’.
Hyde is a physical manifestation of evil who evokes disgust in all simply by sight.
What does ‘His every act and thought centered on self’ imply about Hyde?
He is selfish so this further aligns him with animals rather than humanity.
What does ‘Drinking pleasure with bestial avidity from any degree of torture to another; relentless like a man of stone’ suggest?
The hedonistic connotations of excessive drinking further cause the reader to dislike Hyde for his self-indulgence.
What does ‘He had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness’ reveal?
Stevenson’s use of antithesis highlights the internal conflict present in him, providing depth to his character.
How is Hyde described in terms of appearance?
‘He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable…’
Hyde is vague in nature and unable to be defined in words, this evokes fear in other characters and the reader.
What does ‘The other snarled aloud into a savage laugh’ suggest about Hyde?
‘Savage’ and ‘snarled’ gives a sense of unrestrained and uncontrollable destruction, and freedom: Hyde is a degenerate.
What does ‘There was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature’ imply?
‘Abnormal’ differentiates Hyde from all other beings.
What does ‘That masked thing like a monkey jumped from among the chemicals’ suggest?
By mentioning the ‘chemicals’ from which he has been created, Hyde is separated from the rest of the characters.
What does ‘In the ranks of mankind was pure evil’ imply?
Implies that Hyde has somehow infiltrated civil society.
What does ‘It wasn’t like a man’ indicate about Hyde?
Shows that he is inhuman.
