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Essay Title​ - Jekyll
Paragraph 1​ – Duplicitous – Well-respected antithesis of Hyde
OVERALL – Reader given an impression of Jekyll as a reputable member of society, seemingly the opposite of Hyde’s
notable dishonourable character
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JEKYLL (House) ‘​Large low-roofed​’, ‘​costly cabinets​’
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Alliterative phrases
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Desire to show off reputable persona
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JEKYLL ‘​A large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhap​s’
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Compound adjectives reflect how Jekyll is a composite of two parts – his good (‘well’ and
‘smooth’) and his evil side which he has ‘made’
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‘Slyish cast’ also implies he is more than just his reputable exterior
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Jekyll’s unblemished reputation is symbolised by his face being unmarked, showing him as the
good, respectable side to his character
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HYDE ‘​pale and dwarfish​’ and has ‘​an impression of deformity​’
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CONTEXT – Victorian ideas of physiognomy
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JEKYLL ‘​judge of good wine​’
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Part of a well-liked and social group
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HYDE ‘​troglodytic​’ ‘​ape-like fury’​
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Animalistic imagery – violent
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CONTEXT – Darwin’s ‘Theory of Evolution’ – Hyde seen as devolved
READER RESPONSE – Scepticism
Paragraph 2​ – Weak-willed
OVERALL
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‘I would trust you before any man alive, ay, before myself’​
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Declarative sentence – conditional tense
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Hint that Jekyll is aware that he cannot trust himself
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Utterson = ideal Victorian
gentleman
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Hyde corrupting him
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‘blackness’ – symbolises guilt/shame
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Jekyll’s scientific
exploration has alienated him from his closest friends
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CONTEXT – Enlightenment vs Romanticism (Lanyon is traditional and rational
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Admire Lanyon and are sympathetic
towards him as he dies for a crime he did not commit
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Paragraph 4​ – Divided self-loyalty
OVERALL – Reader shown Jekyll’s inner turmoil to show his lack of loyalty to his morals as either Jekyll or Hyde
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As the novella develops in epistolary nature, the reader is shown the true character of Jekyll
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Emotionally involved narrative shows a lot about him
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Chapter name ‘Full Statement of the Case’ implies it will be a confession, yet he seems to deflect
the blame
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‘primitive duality of man’​ – accepts his duplicitous nature as no fault of his own
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Narrative contradicts the fact that they are the same person – effort made to show their
differences
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‘a slave to my original evil’ ‘ I fell in slavery’​
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Repeated lexis of ‘slave’ emphasises that he was not loyal to Hyde and was in fact forced
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‘pleasures’​ as Hyde (positive connotations)
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Goes on to say he was ​‘committed to a profound duplicity of life’​
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Lack of decisiveness and morality
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Lack of association or connection
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Shows a realisation of what he has done – an awareness of the difference between his
appearance and reality
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CONTEXT – Victorian fear of the supernatural
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Jekyll is conflicted whether he should remain pious or to explore the possibilities of science
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Distances himself from crimes and
Hyde
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No visitors wanted or expected – Jekyll embarrassed?
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‘the smile was struck out of his face…the window was instantly thrust down’ ​
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Reclusive and isolates himself from his friends
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‘I concealed my pleasures’​
 

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