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Jekyll and Hyde Chapter 10
- Jekyll talks about his discovery of man's
dual nature
- As a young man, Jekyll was "fond of the
respect" others gave him
- His concern with how others viewed him led him to
"wear" a more serious appearance than he actually
felt - Victorian ideal of a respectable gentleman
- He was tempted by "pleasures" which he
felt guilty about - he thought they would
affect his reputation so he "concealed"
them
- Jekyll explains that he wanted to hide his sins because he set
such high standards for himself - he claims that it's not
because his desires were particularly awful
- Makes reader sympathise with Jekyll - in
understanding his motivation, we can see how
stressful he found the strain of being respectable
- Wanted to enjoy his bad side without shame
- Jekyll dreamt of
separating his good and
bad sides
- His bad side could be immoral without
feeling held back by the need to be
respectable
- Good side wouldn't feel guilty
about his desires to do immoral
things
- He says it would be a "miracle" to
make his "beloved daydream" a
reality
- This language suggests that he knows that his plan is impossible, yet Jekyll
is desperate to find a solution to his guilt and shame
- Jekyll used "transcendental" science to
separate his 2 sides
- He was aware of the risks, the "temptation of a discovery"
was too much for him to resist
- Shows that knowledge can be both fascinating and dangerous
- As Hyde, he feels younger and more carefree,
but also more wicked
- Despite Hyde's evil, Jekyll feels a "leap of welcome"
for Hyde - this shows how tempting it can be to
indulge your darker side
- Experiment doesn't go to plan
- Jekyll says that if he had approached the
experiment with good intentions, he could
have created an "angel"
- However, during the experiment, he was motivated by his
desire to do sinful things without repercussions
- This resulted in the purely evil Hyde while Jekyll
remained a mixture of good and evil
- Jekyll initially wants to use Hyde to indulge his
"undignified" pleasures but in the hands of Hyde,
these become "monstrous"
- Hyde's sins are worse because he's
so evil - there's no good in him to
balance his behaviour
- Jekyll is shocked by the extent of Hyde's
evil but at this stage justifies it by
believing that it's "Hyde alone" who is
guilty
- Jekyll doesn't see Hyde's actions as his actions -
this is hypocritical
- Jekyll starts to lose control
- Two sides of Jekyll struggle with each other
- One morning Jekyll wakes up to find that he's turned into
Hyde without taking any drugs
- Hyde has grown taller as his evil personality
has been more "nourished"
- Jekyll decides to stop taking the potion that turns him
into Hyde and for 2 months leads a good, respectable life
- However, he is soon "tortured with throes
and longings" to be Hyde again
- Jekyll gives in to temptation and takes the potion.
That night, he brutally murders Carew - shows he
is losing control
- This suggests that the more you repress you desires, the more
strongly they will come out in the end - Jekyll kept Hyde "long caged"
but he came out "roaring"
- It's shocking how much pleasure Hyde gets
from the murder - he feels "glee" and tasted
"delight from every blow"
- He doesn't want to be Hyde anymore
- Jekyll is horrified by the murder. He decides to live a
respectable life, but returns to his immoral ways as an
"ordinary secret sinner"
- This phrase reminds us that everyone does bad things and it's
the shame that Jekyll feels for hiding these sins that motivates
him to create Hyde
- One day, Jekyll suddenly turns into Hyde
while sitting in the park
- He believes this happened because he started to
sin again as Jekyll
- This destroys the "balance" of his soul
- Jekyll turns into Hyde after
feeling satisfied by his own
"active goodwill"
- Ironic that he transforms into
Hyde at a moment when he's
congratulating on his virtues
- Jekyll hates "the brute that slept within" him
- Shows the hypocritical side of
Jekyll - he's struggling to accept
that Hyde is part of him
- Experiment has destroyed his life
- As Jekyll gets weaker, Hyde gets
stronger - causes tension
between the two sides of his
character
- Jekyll now sees Hyde as
"inorganic" - something
unnatural and artificial
- Hyde resents the way Jekyll has
turned against him - Hyde begins
to play "ape-like tricks" to punish
Jekyll
- When Jekyll runs out of the drug, there's a sense of
approaching horror - reader knows that Jekyll will be
completely taken over by Hyde
- Jekyll's fate is disturbing - reader is able to
apply his thoughts on human nature to their
own lives