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Jekyll and Hyde -
Characters (1)
- Dr Jekyll
- "we known and
highly considered"
- "all mens respect"
- Jekyll is well respected by others and
his reputation is very important. This is
common of the times as being
respected was very important to
victorian men
- "transcendendental
medicine" is "too
fanciful" and
"unscientific
balderdash"
- his work is
untraditional and
pushes the boundaries
of science and the
supernatural
- "almost morbid
sense of shame"
- He is ashamed and guilty of
his other personality as it is
shameful for the time.
People were expected to
conform
- "drunkard"
- he is addicted to
beoming hyde as he
can let his other
personality free
- "he, I say - I
cannot say, I"
- "Hyde alone" is
guilty
- Jekyll does not want to take
responsibility for Hydes
actions as he believes he has
nothing to do with him
- "almost
risked death"
- he is desperate to
escape from being
trapped as Jekyll. He
would do anything to
be able to express his
other side.
- Mr Hyde
- "pure evil"
- has religious connotations -
embodiment of the devil. He
has not good intent as is the
pure evil side of Jekyll
- Utterson can "read
Satan's signature"
on his face
- "extraordinary-looking"
- "an imprint of
deformity and
decay"
- "something wrong with
his appearance"
- his evilness is
reflected in his
appearance
- "ape- like"
- He is less evolved and only
has his primitive instincts
and animalistic desires
- "damnable"
- complete opposite of Jekyll -
nobody respects him and are
instead afraid of him
- Utterson
- "a lover of the sane
and customary sides
of life"
- typical 'rational' victorian
gentlemen and is unwilling to
consider any explanation which
upsets his rational way of
thinking
- "mental
perplexity" when
meeting Hyde
- he is confused as it is
impossible to rationalise
something that has a
supernatural explanation
- "austere"
- he is strict with himself and
does not allow himself
pleasures such as the
theatre. He represses his
desires unliike Jekyll
- doesn't read
Lanyon's letter out
of "professional
honour"
- He doesn't not gossip or
conspire as he does not
want to find out anything
that will harm Jekyll's
reputation
- "an approved
tolerence for others"
- Utterson is not
jeudgemental of anybody
which is very different to
the conventionl victorian
man