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JEKYLL AND HYDE REVISION:KEY THEMES:
Concealment/Secrecy Evolution/Degeneration Misleading Appearances
Duality Science vs. Religion Revelation
Mystery Social Hierarchy Supernatural
Brutality/Violence Reputation
GENERAL GOOD QUOTES/POINTS:
Pg. 17 “pede claudo”
o Creates the tense, unnerving atmosphere that you cannot escape from your sins,
relating to reputation, morality and to an extent mystery
Society’s thin gentlemanly veneer to conceal the sleuth of brothels, drugs, and alcohol
underneath
“Pg. 14 “if he be Mr Hyde… I shall be Mr Seek”
CONCEALMENT/SECRECY
Stevenson echoes the theme of concealment and secrecy throughout the novel.
The novel uses the motif of barriers to create a physical block to represent the character’s
understanding. This is done on various occasions, with the series of letters as well as the
windows and doors in the various chapters.
The idea of concealment paired with its opposite- revelation- is prevalent through the book.
The letters reveal key information, just to create more questions, using the idea of taking a
step forward and two steps back.
The motif of fog creates an uneasy atmosphere while literally concealing what lies within it
Stevenson even goes as far as withholding information from the audience, never explicitly
revealing the time period of this novel to create suspense, blending fiction with reality
Key Quotes: Pg. 26 “Three dusty windows barred with iron”
Pg. 26 “Fog began to lie thickly/foggy cupola”
Pg. 26 “The dingy windowless structure”
Pg. 26 “Mounted a door covered with red baize”
Pg. 28 “The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city”
Pg. 32 “I cannot tell you” (Lanyon to Utterson)
Pg. 35 “The middle one of the three windows was half open”
Pg. 33 “Drew out and set before him an envelope…”Within there was another
enclosure, likewise sealed”
AO3 Link: Within Victorian society, many upper class citizens would practically live a double
life: for the majority of the time they would be their religious gentlemanly self while for the
remaining time they would indulge themselves in their own pleasure, whether it would be
drugs, alcohol or prostitution. This relates to Enfield in chapter 1, when he claims he was
“coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o’ clock”, which could
possibly be Stevenson hinting to Enfield visiting a brothel before witnessing Hyde’s brutality
Relates to: Revelation, duality, mystery, reputation, misleading appearances, homosexuality
, DUALITY
The entire novel practically revolves around the theme of duality to emphasise each side.
The stark contrast between the two bodies, whether it is Hyde’s viscosity Jekyll’s
gentlemanliness and or the upper class’ regality to contrast the lower class’ unsuppressed
disorder.
The idea of duality is the stem for many other key themes within the novel, such as the
conflict between science and religion or the opposing concealment and revelation.
This duality as also explored with the motifs of light vs. dark, and sin and morality.
Duality expressed through the technique of juxtaposition to emphasise duality/abnormality.
The theme of duality can be extended to the duality of society in many senses (gentleman
vs. viscosity, upper vs. lower)
Key Quotes: Pg. 6 “The Street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood”
Pg. 55 “Man is not truly one, but truly two”
Pg. 26 “Distasteful sense of strangeness (dissecting room- like a tumour)
Vs. “Low-roofed, comfortable” halls of Jekyll’s house
Pg. 23 “Many ragged children huddled in the doorway”
Vs. Pg. 22 “[Newcomen’s] eyes lighted with professional ambition”
AO3 Link: Similar to the idea of concealment, the duality of society can take many forms.
The contrast of a gentleman’s repressed self against his raw true nature. The contrast of the
lower class’ lazy portrayal against the upper class’ supposed gentlemanliness. The contrast of
society’s new scientific revolution to contrast their religious history emphasises the extremes
of each body.
Relates to: concealment vs. revelation, science vs. religion, reputation
MYSTERY
This novel is shrouded in a veil of mystery, always leaving the reader with unanswered
questions. Throughout said novel, Stevenson uses mystery to create dramatic build-ups in
tension, only to be followed by a relieving reveal.
Stevenson uses uncanny, unknown settings to build onto the mystery within the novel,
placing the characters in abnormal and uncomfortable situations.
Stevenson uses the unusual behaviours and mannerisms of characters, such as Jekyll and
Lanyon’s evolving relationship to enforce the idea of mystery within the novel.
Utterson’s, the novel’s focaliser, lack of understanding throughout the whole novel enforces
the audience’s sense of mystery.
Key Quotes: Pg. 6 “The door… was blistered and distained”
Pg. 19 “[Jekyll’s] handsome face grew pale to the very lips”
Pg. 29 “There’s a rather singular resemblance [in handwriting]… how quaint”
Pg. 32 “[Lanyon] held up a trembling hand…in a loud and unsteady voice”
Pg. 33 “Dr. Lanyon took to his bed… less than a fortnight he was dead”
Pg. 33 “Written in the hand of Lanyon…what should it mean?”
Pg. 36 “The window was instantly thrust down”
Pg. 27 “I cannot say that I care what becomes of Hyde”
AO3 Link: Similar to this novel, Victorian society was shrouded in a veil of mystery; notable
gentlemen would be living double lives, hiding their true self under the veneer of upper class
Victorian London. Furthermore, many gentlemen would hide their homosexuality, an
extremely taboo and illegal topic of the era. This relates to Enfield’s early suspicions that
Hyde might be a Jekyll’s gay prostitute, suggested when Enfield supposes Jekyll’s cheque
was written out of “Blackmail”, “An honest paying through…the capers of his youth”
Relates to: concealment, reputation, duality, and supernatural
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