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Jekyll and Hyde Key Quotes and Annotations (Part 1) - Coggle Diagram
Jekyll and Hyde Key Quotes and Annotations (Part 1)
Chapter 1- The story of the door
Synopsis
The readers are introduced to Utterson as the integral character finding information about his demeanor. We are introduced to the initial story of Hyde for Enfield describes how he calmly trampled a little girl out of spite. The first links between Hyde and Jekyll are made as Hyde produces a check for compensation titled as Jekyll, Hyde also enters through a back entrance (soon to be told as Jekyll's house).
Key Quotes
"I incline to cain's heresy" (...) "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way"
Utterson is remarked as being uncurious and how he lets people get on with their lives and bare the consequences- The
religious allusion
towards the story of Cain and Able suggests how Utterson will still feel emotions of jealousy and hatred yet he will look to repress them in an effort to remain within the societal norms. - Utterson being open towards the Devil and not disregarding him goes against the religious traditions therefore alluding to how he may not be fully the respectable gentleman he is portrayed to be.
"It wasn't like a man, it was like some damned juggernaut"
Simile
- Hyde is ostensibly suggested to be hardly human, he is almost a killing machine with no morals or humanity. - Hyde is immediately linked with the Devil therefore loses favor with the Victorian audience as they are highly religious and therefore subverts norms.
" with a kind of Black sneering coolness"
Hyde is linked to dark emotions as if he is cold-hearted and almost enjoying the pain he inflicted (linked to revelations in chapter 10)
Note
: Hyde is only talked about distantly not actually seen until Chapter 2- therefore distancing him from civilised conversations (further outcasting him from society) and decreasing his importance (allowing the reader to almost fall into a false sense of security as he is less integral within the scene).
Chapter 2- The search for Mr Hyde
Synopsis
In response to a conversation with Lanyon, Utterson (despite his uninquisitive nature and lack of desire to be nosy) starts to look for Mr Hyde and his possible link with his good friend Jekyll. He knows how Hyde is named in the will of Jekyll and therefore concerned that Hyde may be trying to blackmail Jekyll out of his fortunes etc. Hyde and Utterson meet at the entrance to "Hyde's" house whereby his face and nature is revealed.
Key Quotations
"Hissing intake of breath"
Zoomorphism
- Hyde is likened to a snake as he is primal in his reaction, he is surprisingly introverted and does not follow Victorian norms of cordial conversation.
Biblical Allusion
- The power of the snake links to the story of the fall whereby the snake is the embodiment of temptation and Satan. Therefore this links to Hyde's religious mystique as he is not favored and also unpredictable as not following the law of God. - The snake also symbolises stealth alluding to Hyde concealing information (e.g his link to Jekyll).
"Snarled aloud into a savage laugh" and "Something troglodytic, shall we say?"
Zoomorphism
- Hyde is again linked to another animal e.g a salivating hound therefore hungry and hellish, therefore Hyde appears
atavistic
as he is more primal than Victorian gentlemen (contrast with Utterson) and crazed against normal comprehension.
Victorian audience fears atavism as they want to remain developed and well mannered therefore they are shocked by Hyde and outcast him to maintain their reputations.
"Unscientific balderdash, (...) flushing suddenly purple, would have estranged Damon and Pythias"
Allusion to Greek Mythology
- Lanyon remarks on Jekyll's research to break the laws of nature and therefore not acceptable. (Damon and Pythias were both inseparable friends therefore Jekyll's work would be able to cause enough damage to break these bonds).
Chapter 3- Dr Jekyll was quite at Ease
Synopsis
Utterson goes to speak with Jekyll about his differences with Lanyon alongside his links with Hyde (as he is concerned for him
- this is the first time we directly hear/see Jekyll's opinion
"Hide-bound Pedant" (x2)
Repetition
- Jekyll reinforces a different idea of Lanyon suggesting how he must broaden his mind as he is closed within the mindset of scientific law.
"Certain incoherency of manner" (...) "my position is very strange- a very strange one"
Jekyll is depicted to being unclear and secretive towards his situation as if a lier withholding information who cetaills sentences early
Aposiopesis
(using the dash)- Jekyll interrupts his own sentence to further withhold information (as was on the verge of divulging his scenario) showing how he is combatting his desire to trust his friend Utterson.
Chapter 4- The Carew murder case
Synopsis
A maid watches as Hyde beats Sir Danvers Carew (a politician) to death through no provocation, Utterson in knowledge that it is Hyde and assists with the case (going against his nature to let life play out instead of interfering)
Key Quotes
"Ape-like fury" (...) "hailing down a storm of blows"
Zoomorphism/Metaphor
- Hyde is depicted to be troglodytic once more, losing control of his "
Id
personality and murdering Sir Danvers, he is also shown to be wild and primal and repeating the acts he did to the girl in Chapter 1.
Power of nature
- Hyde's aggression is seen to be constant and damaging as if a powerful weather event, using the disastrous connotations
(as in 1881 the South of England saw one of the worst snow storms on modern UK record!)
- therefore the power of Hyde is prevalent in the reader's mind.
"Bones were audibly shattered"
Specification of audibly alludes to the extreme force which Hyde used- showing an
atavistic nature
whereby he is unrefined (shocking to the audience the detail of the description as they normally repress gory information from civilised conversations)
"first fog of the season" (...) "hues of twilight"
Pathetic fallacy
- the weather is in turn concealing and mysterious therefore correlating with Hyde's nature and how the expression of his power has impacted reality (therefore revealing to the audience his importance of his character and how they should fear him).
"The haunting sense of unexpressed deformity with which the fugitive impressed his beholders"
Hyde is regarded as forceful and oppressive in nature almost causing fear via his very look (haunted) / Furthermore, Hyde has an untraceable characteristic which makes those who meet him dislike his presence- this adds to the lack of control society has on Hyde and therefore his mystique.
Chapter 5- The incident of the letter
Synopsis
In response to the murder of Sir Danvers Utterson, visits Jekyll who gives him a letter apparently sent from Hyde suggesting how he was no longer going to be linked to Jekyll in his run from the law. However Utterson has the handwriting of the letter checked and it is revealed to be Jekyll's thus him forging his own signature.
Key Quotes
"I have- I have received a letter"
Aposiopesis
- Stevenson again remarks Jekyll's concealment of the truth and how he again has to withhold information- imposing a sense of ambiguity.
"I swear to God" cried the Doctor "I swear to God I will never set eyes upon him again"
Repetition
- Jekyll takes a blasphemic tone in his anxiousness possibly alluding to his link to Hyde (in Chapter 10 it is revealed how Hyde writes "startling blasphemies" therefore it is in his nature to go against Victorian norms and God)
"Close to the warmth, sat Dr Jekyll, looking deathly sick"
Juxtaposition
- Jekyll's emotions/sides are linked together and now inseparable, he cannot feel comfort from normal human pleasures and instead remains ill- as if he is less human
Moreover, a contrast between the light of the fire and how it is symbolic of the light of God and Jekyll's mood - signifies how Jekyll is no longer favored by God and his love and therefore alluding to how the reader's will fall out of favor with him further in the future (feeling less sympathy towards him)
Key theme ideas
Religion
Secrecy
Society (need to conform)
Personality