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Character, Mr. Utterson.

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‘Mr Utterson was a man of rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile;’ This shows how Mr Utterson is a stern and proper man. (ch.1)

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Character, Mr. Utterson

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‘But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering with envy at the high pressure of spirits of their misdeeds’ Even though he is a moral person, is tolerant of bad behaviour. Links to ideas about duality. (ch.1)

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Character, Mr Hyde

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‘..trampled calmly’. The use of the oxymoron foreshadows the dual nature of Mr Hyde and emphasises. the evil nature of Hyde. (ch.1)

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Character, Mr Hyde

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‘It wasn’t like a man; it was like some damn juggernaut.’ This description of Hyde implies that he is inhuman; a machine with no feelings. (ch.1)

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Character, Mr Hyde

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‘God bless me, the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say?’ This suggests that Mr Hyde is not a fully evolved human. The noun ‘troglodytic’ means ‘prehistoric cave dweller’ implies that he is wild and savage. (ch.2)

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Character, Mr Hyde

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‘..and with ape like fury’ This implies that Mr Hyde is wild and animal like; it suggests that he is inhuman. It could also suggest he is not fully evolved. (ch.4)

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Character, Mr Hyde

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‘…there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that now faced me..’ This infers that Mr Hyde is cursed and evil. He is described as a ‘creature’ not a human. (ch. 9)

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Character, Mr Utterson

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‘If he be Mr Hyde…I shall be Mr Seek.’ This implies that Mr Utterson is a very curious character. (ch.2)

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Character, Dr Jekyll

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‘Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me. He began to go wrong; wrong in mind.’ Dr Lanyon describing Dr Jekyll. It foreshadows the fact that Dr Jekyll develops a split personality later in the novel. (ch.2)

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Character, Dr Jekyll

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‘-a large well-made, smooth faced man of fifty with something of a slyish cast perhaps.’ This implies that Dr Jekyll is the perfect Victorian gentleman but the adjective ‘slyish’ infers that there is something deceptive about him. (ch.3)

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Character, Dr Jekyll

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‘The large, handsome face of Dr Jekyll grew pale to his very lips and there came a blackness about his eyes.’ This infers that Dr Jekyll is hiding something. The ‘blackness’ implies that it could be something evil.