Key quote: "... man is not truly one, but truly two"
Jekyll, Chapter 10
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Key quote: "... man is not truly one, but truly two"
Jekyll, Chapter 10
Analysis
Stevenson explores the duality of human nature — that everyone has a respectable outward self and a sinister inner self.
Key quote: "My devil had long been caged; he came out roaring"
Jekyll, Chapter 10
Analysis
Hyde is associated with Christian ideas of evil and the devil, representing a powerful inner depravity that may lurk within everyone.
Key quote: "...all human beings ... are commingled out of good and evil"
Jekyll, Chapter 10
Analysis
Jekyll believes the duality of good and evil is the "curse of mankind", with the two sides in constant conflict.
Key quote: "Though he enjoyed the theatre, [Mr Utterson] had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years"
Narrator, Chapter 1
Analysis
Utterson represses his desires, like attending theatre, to maintain his respectable reputation as a Victorian gentleman.
Key quote: "... something eminently human beaconed in his eye"
Narrator, Chapter 1
Analysis
Despite his austerity, Utterson is presented as kind and genial, enabling the reader to trust his rational perspective.
Key quote: "Mr Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity"
Narrator, Chapter 2
Analysis
Animalistic descriptions of Hyde's deformed, primitive nature separate him from human society and hint at the supernatural.
Key quote: "And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot"
Narrator, Chapter 4
Analysis
Stevenson's use of animalistic imagery alludes to ideas about human evolution from apes, proposed by Darwin.
Key quote: "My life is shaken to its roots"
Lanyon, Chapter 9
Analysis
Lanyon's scientific beliefs are shaken after witnessing Jekyll's supernatural transformation, leading to his deterioration.
Key quote: "I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer"
Lanyon, Chapter 9
Analysis
Lanyon struggles to accept Jekyll's experiment, which defies the laws of the science he trusts, contrasting with Jekyll's curiosity.
Key quote: "He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance"
Enfield, Chapter 1
Analysis
The ambiguous descriptions of Hyde's unsettling appearance create an air of mystery around his true nature from the start.