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JEKYLL AND HYDE QUOTES - Coggle Diagram
JEKYLL AND HYDE QUOTES
Chapter 1 – "cold, scanty and embarrased in discourse; backwards in sentiments; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow loveable"
Techniques → alliteration, listing, adjectives, juxtaposition
Analysis
Plosive alliteration → "dreary" and "dusty" and alliteration of "lean" and "long" → deep and heavy → mimicking dull and tedious personality of Utterson
Adjectives → "lean", "long", "dreary", "cold", "scanty" → emphasis on everything that Jekyll later rejects → associates it with a boring, lackluster lifestyle → where no one can question life
Adjectives → "cold" and "embarrased in discourse" → secrecy, value placed on being private → gives Jekyll a cloak of secrecy that allows him to experiment uninterrupted
Effect on reader → Stevenson's intentions → to reveal the importance of the darker side of humanity → secret desires → how gentlemen lived two lives → juxtaposition of Jekyll
Interpretation → description of Utterson → stereotypical 19th century British gentleman → private and unemotional → reserved personality
Essays → secrecy, duality, Utterson, reputation, society
Chapter 1 – "the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground... it wasn't like a man, it was like some damned Juggernaut"
Techniques → oxymoron, juxtaposition, violent imagery, simile
Interpretation → Hyde → monster, murderer, violent, evil nature → violence against the innocent → effect on reader → sympathy for the victim → and an innate hatred and fear towards Hyde
Analysis
Juxtaposition → of the nouns "man" and "child" → contrast of the violence against the innocent, inbalance of power
Oxymoron → "trampled calmly" → emotionless, brute violence doesn't affect him – naturally comfortable with violence
"child's body" → dehumanise, lack of identity → relates to innocence and purity → "screaming" → violent and sensory language → shows the cruelty, hopelessness and unbearable amount of pain
"damned" → religious imagery → sinful nature → noun "Juggernaut" → unstoppable force → "wagon" → felt like she was being crushed to death
Essays → good vs evil, religion, violence, innocence, Hyde
Chapter 3 → "the large handsome face of Dr Jekyll grew pale to the very lips and there came a blackness in his eyes"
Techniques → juxtaposition (of the adjectives "handsome" and "pale"), colour imagery, sinister language
Analysis
Juxtaposition → Jekyll's "handsome" was "pale" and "blackness" → shows not only the duality and mental conflict but also a physical one
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Interpretation → Jekyll's cheerful and pleasent demeanor rapidly dissapeares when he is questioned about his will → change from good to evil was disturbingly quick
Essays → duality, good vs evil, Jekyll
Chapter 4 – "with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot, and hailing down a storm of blows... bones were audibly shattered... body jumped upon the roadway"
Techniques → simile, zoomorphism, metaphor, sensory language
Analysis
Simile → "ape-like" → animalistic characteristics → Darwinism (devolved) → returned to primative state → backwards → uncivilised
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"his victim" → body → dehumanised, no identity → not being treated in a respectful way → "shattered" → breakdown of repetition and the idea of being a gentleman
Interpretation → Hyde → no empathy, brutal and animalistic violence → inhumane destruction of another humans life → power of evil
Essays → violence, good vs evil, innocence, Hyde
Chapter 5 – "yard which had once been a garden, to the building indifferently known as the laboratory or dissecting rooms... and his own tastes being rather chemical than anatomical"
Techniques → setting, imagery, adverb, analysis
Analysis
Juxtaposition → between "garden" and "laboratory" → science and technology were threats to religion → God's creation
Noun → "garden" → peace, relaxation, beauty, safety → science was a threat to religion in the 19th century → contradicted religious teachings
"rather chemical" → desires scientific exploration over Utterson's "embarrassed in discourse" and "dry divinity"
Adverb → "indifferently" idea of society, privacy → Jekyll commits horrific crimes as people are "indifferent" to his actions
Interpretation → Jekyll has taken away God's nature (garden) and instead inhabits a highly scientific enviroment → rejects nature → prefers the appeal of chemistry over the natural world
Essays → science, religion, secrecy, Jekyll
Chapter 6 – "he had his death-warrant written legibly upon his face. The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away"
Techniques → juxtaposition, metaphor, fricative alliteration
Analysis
Fricative alliteration → "face", "fresh", "fallen" → sinister tone, agressive → his transformation mimics Hyde → slipping off his bones
Juxtaposition → "rosy" has connotations of flowers, life and healthiness → "pale" had connotations of death, illness and ghosts
"death-warrant" → official document ordering an execution → foreshadows death of Lanyon → reminds us of the sins committed and the justice that must come
Interpretation → the reader is graphically shown the transformation of Lanyon and his physical deterioration when he discoveres Jekyll's secret
Essays → duality of man, good vs evil, Lanyon
Chapter 7 – "the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentleman"
Techniques → sibilance, adjectives, metaphor
Analysis
Sibilance → "smile was struck" → quickens the pace, emphasis on the rapid change of emotion → "smile" changes to "abject terror and despair" → Hyde brings physical trauma and reactions
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Interpretation → Jekyll is no longer in control of Hyde's appearence. Jekyll's sudden transformation causes an extreme physical reaction to Utterson and Enfield
Essays → good vs evil, supernatural, violence, duality
Chapter 7 –"well, when that masked thing like a monkey jumped from among the chemicals and whipped into the cabinet, it went down my spine like ice... I give you my bible-word it was Mr. Hyde!"
Techniques → simile, imagery, adjectives, setting
Analysis
Hyde is a non-human "thing" and "masked" → lack of humanity and identity → hidden from society → instills fear in the reader as he is amongst "chemicals" → fear of science → Jekyll's dangerous scientific experiments challenge religion
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Interpretation → science and religion clash in a destructive manner → Hyde is animalistic → surrounded by science, Pool turns to religion to make sense of it
Essays → religion, supernatural, secrecy