"This was the home of henry Jekyll’s
favourite, a man who was heir to a
quarter of a million sterling"
Irony: the home is not quite posh
Hyde is undeserving
Obvious distaste
wind "embattled, reinvasion, charging"
connotation of violence, bestows sinister
dangerous undertone, foreshadows future
events
signifies the power of darkness
"lamps... combat the
mournful reinvasion of
darkness"
emphasis on darkness + sense of
continuous battle and makes the light seem
almost weaker + metaphor for the story of
J+H and mirror the story
Semantic field of war
the scene is "lowered
over heaven"
heaven cannot see it + the area is
evil and sinful as God cannot look
over and be in touch with it
Appearance/ Reputation
"the older man bowed and accosted the other
with a very pretty manner of politeness
Accosted: double meaning
Adds a sense of mystery + accosted could
mean greet or attack. The man could have
been attacking Hyde verbally or provoked
Hyde.
Urban Myth
"the other...she had
conceived a dislike"
dehumanises Hyde further as it seems like he goes
against societal norms. The societal construst of
normality affects and blinds Utterson's perception and
understanding of Hyde.
Reader has no reason to dislike had:
but has an unexplainable irking that
something is wrong with him
biased description
of Hyde
emphasise on Hyde's abnormality and gives the impression
that he is not only physically malformed, but mentally
links to the idea of Hyde being an outsider and
potentially evil
Nearly every character finds it difficult to
properly describe Mr. Hyde; he is not exactly
human, they all say.
Violence
"details were few and startling"
illustrates the extent of Hyde’s capacity for evil
he mindlessly vicious nature of the man
becomes clear with the violent murder of
Sir Danvers Carew.
Hyde is violent at random, with no
apparent motive, and with little
concern for his own safety
SUMMARY: Nearly a year later, an elderly
gentleman is murdered in the street by
Hyde. A letter to Utterson is found on the
body. Utterson recognises the murder
weapon has a broken walking cane of
Jekyll’s. He takes the police to Jekyll’s
house to find Hyde, but are told he hasn’t
been there for two months. They find the
other half of the cane and signs of a quick
exit.
Animal
with ape-like fury,
he was trampling his
victim under foot
Hyde has no sense of morality
and lacks civilisation.
He is a dehumanising,
evoluntionary inferior being
with preliterate "fury," which
makes his violent and vicous
Trampled: gives prominence to Hyde's violent and cruel attitude
Evil- unseen indescribable Evil
so bad, cannot be dialogued
Hidden within society but
present nonetheless
Mr. Hyde doesn’t have any associates. His
isolation is a consequence of his evil nature.
disappearance after the murder, along with his
utter lack of family, friends, and people who can
identify him, suggests that he possesses some kind
of otherworldly origin
Mystery
"No cards or papers except a sealed and stamped envelope… which
bore the name and address of Mr. Utterson"
Info builds up suspense and tension by not
going into great detail
Reader wonders what the letter
contains and why Hyde did not
take it