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Jekyll and Hyde Quotes
Chapter 1
“Mr Utterson the lawyer”
Character of Utterson is respectable, reliable and truthful
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5)
“drank gin when he was alone”
Reputation/Respectability
(p
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7)
“trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground”
Evil of Hyde, devoid of the morals/guilt of a normal person
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8)
“such a scandal out of this, as should make his name stink from one end of
London to the other”
Reputation/Respectability (reputation means everything in Victorian society)
“really like Satan”
Hyde is so evil he is compared to the devil
(p
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10)
“something displeasing, something downright detestable
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‘’clock of the neighbouring church rang out
the hour of twelve, when he would go soberly
and gratefully to bed”

Emphasises the fact that he has a routine and
that he is religious

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’’but in the case of Dr Jekyll’s disappearance
or unexplained absence …”

First introduction of jekyll

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”If anyone knows, it will be Lanyon”

Introduction of Lanyon – also foreshadows the
event of Lanyon discovering that Jekyll and
Hyde are indeed the same person

7
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”this was a hearty, healthy, dapper red-faced
gentleman “

This is Dr Lanyon’s appearance at the beginning of the novel, contrasts heavily to the end
when he becomes pale in appearance and extremely unwell
Shows that they have a genuine relationship,
which was not common in the time as most relationships were based on social merit

9
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“Jekyll became too fanciful for me, he began to go wrong, wrong in mind”
11
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”dark bed on which he tossed to and fro “

Utterson is distraught, this is a break in his
routine

13
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’’began to haunt the door “

Liminal space, link to supernatural

15
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”as he came, he drew a key from his pocket
like one approaching home
18
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”you will not find Dr Jekyll; he is from home
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Duality of nature of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

20
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‘’snarled aloud into a savage laugh “
22
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”not all of these together could explain the
hitherto unknown disgust, loathing and fear
with which Mr utterson regarded him”
24
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“the door of this , which wore a great air of
wealth and comfort”
26
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”concealed disgrace”
28
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No one can explain their immense dislike towards Hyde
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Description of the other of Half of Hyde ; Jekyll
is a very respectable and successful man
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Jekyll has two personalities and his ‘’disgrace’’
is Hyde, Duality of Human nature , good and
evil side
This creates Irony as Jekyll and Hyde are the
same person and Jekyll’s greatest secret is actually Hyde- his alternate personality

Chapter 3
“ The doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies,”
respectability, wealth of Dr Jekyll
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(p19)
“My position is a very strange - a very strange one,” “ I do sincerely take a
great, a very great interest in poor Hyde,” “When I am no longer here,”

foreshadowing, mystery, link between Jekyll and Hyde
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(p19)

Chapter 4
“ London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity,”
brutality of Hyde’s attack (p21)
“ A fog rolled over the city in the small hours,”
pathetic fallacy, sinister atmosphere created, fog creates an air of mystery
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Shows animalistic nature of Hyde
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Macabre description of city mirrors the brutal event that took place that night
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(p24)

Chapter 5
“Dr Jekyll's Door”
symbol of the door reinforced
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Door is the boundary between society
and Jekyll's secret life
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“I swear to god I will never set eyes on him again”
Jekyll's self con flict
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“I cannot say I care what becomes of hyde”
Jekyll wants to disassociate himself from hyde and get rid of his evil
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“a bottle of particularly old wine”
Duality of Utterson as he drinks gin as well
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“hot autumn afternoons”
Positive connotations showing period of recovery for Jekyll
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Could also mean he wants to be free of hyde and
hyde is the fog
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“And his blood ran cold in his veins”
duality of good and evil is symbolised from duality in
temperature
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Chapter 6
“Much of his past was unearthed, indeed, and all disreputable:”
Jekyll is living out his desires through the body of Hyde
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“The death of Sir Danvers was, to his way of thinking, more than paid for by
the disappearance of Mr Hyde”
Utterson and society are happy Hyde is out the picture
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“more than two months, the doctor was at peace”
Jekyll is stable again
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Pg 31 starting “On the 8th of January” to “with Lanyon’s”
Extreme sudden change in behaviour
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Hyde is bursting through
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“He had his death-warrant written legibly upon his face”

Lanyon is physically ill after learning of Hyde
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Something serious about Hyde has been revealed
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“you may perhaps come to learn the right and wrong”
Two sides, Jekyll and Hyde, duality
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Pg 33 from “blame our friend” to “name”
Hyde destroys Jekyll’s relationship
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“PRIVATE: for the hands of J
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Utterson ALONE and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread”
Another letter revealing secrets(motif)

Chapter 7
“It chanced on Sunday”
Sunday is a day of religion and is when the blasphemous incident occurs
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“The middle one of the three windows was half way open;”
Related to three types of personality, halfway open-duality, closedrespectable(Jekyll) and open-free(Hyde)
“like some disconsolate prisoner”
Poignant as Jekyll is trapped in society
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“succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the
very blood of the gentleman below”
The point where Jekyll begins to turn into Hyde
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“God forgive us, God forgive us, said Mr Utterson”
Uttersons’s natural reaction to the horrors he has seen
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Chapter 8
-“Take a seat, and here is a glass of wine for you,”
-Respectability, still present despite situation
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-Break in respectability emphasises fear/desperation
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-Relationship, fears for Jekyll’s safety
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-Pathetic fallacy, ominous weather
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-“They found a key, already stained with rust
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-Hyde is locked in a liminal space, no escape
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-Jekyll’s secret will be opened with the door
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-Symbolism, Hyde represents all evil
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-“your sight shall be blasted by a prodigy to stagger the unbelief of Satan
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-Symbolism, Hyde is the worst evil imaginable
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-Sees it as a positive step
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-“there stood Henry Jekyll!”
-Duality Jekyll is two people at once
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Chapter 10
“Severed in me those provinces of good and ill which compound man’s dual
nature,”
Duality
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“I could rightly be said to be either , it was only because I was radically both,”
“man is not truly one, but truly two,”
Duality of man
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“I felt younger, lighter, happier in body,” “freedom of soul,”
Freedom from the shackles of society as he can indulge his primal urges without
damaging his reputation
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“Edward Hyde alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil,”
Despicable character of Hyde
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“I was often plunged into a kind of wonder at my vicarious depravity,”
Jekyll’s dark side shown by his fascination in evil
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“My devil had been long caged, he came out raging,”

suppression has only made Hyde more powerful
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“I resolved in my future conduct to redeem the past,”
Even as he loses control Jekyll still desires to be good
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