Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

1. Themes

   • Duality
     • "Polar twins"
     • "Man is not truly one but truly two"
     • "Profound duplicity of life"
     • "Man's dual provinces of good and ill"
   • Addiction
     • "The moment is choose, I can be rid of Mr Hyde"
     • "Solution to the bonds of obligation"
     • "Sold a slave to my original evil"

2. Characterisation

   • Edward Hyde
     • "Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil"
     • "A kind of black sneering coolness"
     • "Displeasing... Downright detestable... Deformed"
     • Animalistic Nature
       • "Ape-like fury"
       • "snarled"
       • "The animal within me licking the chops of memory"
       • "Hissing intake of breath"
   • Henry Jekyll
     • "A large, well-made, smooth faced man"
     • "Something of a slyish cast"
     • "Every mark of capacity and kindness"
     • "A sincere and warm affection"

3. Setting

   • The Door
     • "Discoloured"
     • "Bore the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence"
     • "Blistered and distained"
     • "Equipped with neither bell nor knocker"
   • Soho
     • "Muddy ways and slatternly passengers"
     • ""Dismal quarter"
     • "Like a district of some city in a nightmare"
     • "Dingy street"
   • Jekyll's House
     • "Pleasantest room in London"