Jekyll and Hyde key character quotes
Jekyll:
“well known and highly considered”
“transcendental science”
“I am the chief of sinners; I am the chief of sufferers also”
“like some disconsolate prisoner”
“…primitive duality of men…I was radically both”
“tempted me until I fell into slavery”
“it was Hyde after all, and Hyde alone, that was guilty”
“my pleasures were undignified”
“the lower elements in my soul” [-Jekyll about Hyde]
“strip off these lending’s”
“incongruous compound” [-impure]
“shook the very fortress of identity”
“reputation sat under a shelter”
“sold a slave to my original evil”
“tempted me until I fell into slavery”
Hyde:
“pure evil”
“he gives a strong feeling of deformity”
“damned juggernaut”
“pale and dwarfish”
“ape-like fury”
“Hyde had an ape like spirit”
“the dark influence of Hyde”
“a monkey jumped from among the chemicals”
“a man who was without bowels of mercy”
“has every act and thought centred on self”
“hissing intake…snarled”
Utterson:
“lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable”
“he had an approved tolerance for others”
“a lover of the sane and the customary sides of life”
“a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile”
“I shall consider it my duty to break in that door”
“austere with himself”
Lanyon:
“healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman”
“I felt bound to do as he requested.” [loyal]
“welcomed him with both hands” [friendly]
“he had his death warrant written legibly upon his face”
“moral turpitude” [-Lanyon -> Jekyll]
o turpitude – wickedness
Jekyll:
“well known and highly considered”
“transcendental science”
“I am the chief of sinners; I am the chief of sufferers also”
“like some disconsolate prisoner”
“…primitive duality of men…I was radically both”
“tempted me until I fell into slavery”
“it was Hyde after all, and Hyde alone, that was guilty”
“my pleasures were undignified”
“the lower elements in my soul” [-Jekyll about Hyde]
“strip off these lending’s”
“incongruous compound” [-impure]
“shook the very fortress of identity”
“reputation sat under a shelter”
“sold a slave to my original evil”
“tempted me until I fell into slavery”
Hyde:
“pure evil”
“he gives a strong feeling of deformity”
“damned juggernaut”
“pale and dwarfish”
“ape-like fury”
“Hyde had an ape like spirit”
“the dark influence of Hyde”
“a monkey jumped from among the chemicals”
“a man who was without bowels of mercy”
“has every act and thought centred on self”
“hissing intake…snarled”
Utterson:
“lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable”
“he had an approved tolerance for others”
“a lover of the sane and the customary sides of life”
“a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile”
“I shall consider it my duty to break in that door”
“austere with himself”
Lanyon:
“healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman”
“I felt bound to do as he requested.” [loyal]
“welcomed him with both hands” [friendly]
“he had his death warrant written legibly upon his face”
“moral turpitude” [-Lanyon -> Jekyll]
o turpitude – wickedness