Quotes

Question 1

‘If i ever read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend’ - Utterson says to Jekyll

Answer 1

Satan has given Hyde approval
Juxtaposition ‘New Friend’ Utterson knows something wasn’t right as you don’t keep these friends

Question 2

‘I felt younger, lighter, happier in body’

Answer 2

Jekyll talking about his transformation to Hyde
Symbolism of dualism. When we think of ourselves we have 2 sides, one bad and one good. Jekyll has found his bad side and feels comfortable in it

Question 3

‘Edward Hyde alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil’

Answer 3

Dualism. Everyone has a food and evil side, Hyde is purely an evil person. No good side. Jekyll transforms into a complete evil person. Hyde is a slave to evilness

Question 4

‘I sat in the sun on a bench, the animal within me licking the chops of memory’

Answer 4

Hyde is dying to come out. Like a wild animal ‘licking the chops of memory’ connoting to animals licking their lips at the thought of meat. Shows Hydes instinct.

Question 5

‘If i am the chief of sinners, i am the chief of sufferers also’

Answer 5

Highlights the gothic genre of the novella. Don’t mess with God. Hyde is has done bad and suffers for his sins.

Question 6

‘With ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under his foot’

Answer 6

Ape-Like fury links to Darwin’s theory of evolution. In the victorian era, people were petrified of devolution. Hyde has animal like features from which we evolved from. When Jekyll created Hyde, he has gone backwards on the evolutionary scale.

Question 7

‘The man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the Ground … It was hellish too see’

Answer 7

Oxymoron phrase. you can’t trample over someone calmly. He’s like a wild animal. ‘It was hellish to see’ shows Hyde has no mercy.

Question 8

‘The street shone out in contrast to his dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest’

Answer 8

Contrasts the rich and poor. Class divide.
Injustice of London.

Question 9

‘I swear to God i will never set eyes on him again’

Answer 9

Jekyll promises that he will never see Hyde again, We know Jekyll is lying, Jekyll has a lack of control over Hyde. He seems almost scared, but also loving being a slave to his desires.