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Jekyll and Hyde revision

Hyde:
Stevenson includes Hyde to symbolise the beast within us —> the dark side of humanity and to
expose the savage and primal side of us
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Hyde also represents the ‘ID’ part of us
which wants and wishes for instant gratification

- Hyde presents Mr
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-Hyde described with ‘ape like fury, he was trampling his victim under his foot and hailing down a
storm of blows’ The simile ‘ape’ like reinforces Hyde’s strong animalistic characteristics as it
suggests he has evolved from animals
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This links to the idea of Darwinism, and the idea that we are all
developed from animals
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This reinforces the idea that Stevenson focuses on us having an animalistic side, in which we
are all shown to have a ‘beast within’, to reveal the savage and dark side of humanity
-Hyde shown to have inflicted a metaphorical ‘storm of blows’
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In addition, the swiftness of these
actions are frightening, as all of this is shown to have occurred ‘in a moment’ —> reinforces his
aggressive and violent personality
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This suggests that
Hyde’s wickedness extends beyond simply harming others, as he is selfish and takes joy in the
suffering of others
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The words ‘Drinking’, ‘pleasure’ and ‘avidity’ are in a semantic field of greed, as they all
have associations with wild over-indulgence, linking with his animal, ‘bestial’ nature
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Hyde as a ‘man of stone’, this suggests that Hyde is hard, unmoving and
soulless
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Hyde as a frightening character through presenting him to be a fearful
and inhumane character
Stevenson deliberately has Hyde inflict violence on the child to increase the reader’s fear over his
character
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Enfield describes Mr
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The contrasting depiction of a “man” violently
clashing with a ‘child’ is threatening enough as it creates a great sense of fear of Hyde, but the
oxymoronic ‘trample calmly’ shows Hyde is naturally comfortable with violence in a society which
fears it, in which he shows no guilt and remorse
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This gives off an impression
that Hyde doesn’t even see her as a human, let alone an innocent child
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This is reinforced by the
fact that Hyde is described as a ‘damned juggernaut
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Dr
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As they spend a lot of time cultivating a reputation, causing
them having to repress duality
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