"There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing,
something downright detestable."
"He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity,"
Two sides of human personality
Intertwined part of human nature
Hydes death shows weakness of evil
Repression
Jekyll repressed side comes out as Hyde
Hyde smaller in stature because of this
Context: Victorian society very stict and not as open as modern society
the more he desires the life of
Mr. Hyde, and the stronger Mr.
Hyde becomes.
"I am ashamed of my long tongue. Let us make a bargain
never to refer to this again."- Utterson refering to
gossiping- showing how restrictive society was
Lashes out in an
extremely violent
fashion - shows effect
of built up repression
"Ape like fury"
"Hailing down a storm of blows"
"In which the bones were audibly shattered"
Freinships
Jekyll, Hyde and
Utterson have secret
and detached
relationship
Friendship act as
enablers and motivators
to drive the plot forward
Tension and
friction between
Lanyon and
Jekyll over science
Are they friends or non
aggressive
acquaintances
"The doctor gave one of his
pleasant dinners to some 5
or 6 old cronies"
"You could see by his
looks that he
cherished for
Mr.Utterson a sincire
and warm affection"
"Make a clean breast
of this in confidence;
and I make no doubt I
can get you out of it."
Utterson's loyalty to
Jekyll
Science Vs Religion
Context- Louis Stevenson
indulged in supernatural
Jekyll is on the side of
supernatural/unconventional
science
Lanyon more scientific
for there before my
eyes—pale and shaken, and
half fainting, and groping
before him with his hands,
like a man restored from
death—there stood Henry
Jekyll!
Dies after witnessing
trasformation
"A week afterwards Dr. Lanyon took to his bed, and in
something less than a fortnight he was dead."
science becomes a cover and
justification for supernatural
activities.