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AQA GCSE English Literature Excellent revision for any exam board, really helpful to get top grades. Paper 1 Section B Jekyll and Hyde Quote analysis and characters revision help

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Quotes in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Dr Jekyll.



Simile which shows that the creation of Hyde may have caused Jekyll’s
distant sadness.




‘Like a disconsolate
Noun – ‘prisoner’ – shows that Jekyll prisoner’
feels trapped and struggles to
socialise with other members of
society which is very unlike the
typical Victorian gentleman who Adjective – ‘disconsolate’ – means
would be sociable and outgoing. he is unhappy and cannot be
comforted which emphasises his
struggles with this new evil scientific
creation.




Repetition – ‘wrong’ – highlights that something about Jekyll has
change and foreshadowing that Jekyll’s secret will soon be revealed.



‘He began to go
wrong, wrong in the
mind’.
Noun phrase – ‘The mind’ – shows that
Jekyll’s feelings are beginning to
unravel which is what a Victorian
gentleman is not meant to reveal as
they to become a respectable member
of society they should have their
He is developing animalistic features emotions under control.
because Jekyll is turning into Hyde.




‘Jekyll grew pale to the lips
and there came a
blackening to the eye’.




Adverb – ‘blackening’ – reminds the reader of Darwin’s recent scientific findings which
would scare the audience because they are faithful Christian believers who believe that
humans were from the creation of God.

, Quotes in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Edward Hyde.



Adverb – ‘sneering’ – animal
Triplet – which highlights the feature of which makes the
shear scariness of Hyde’s reader feel uncomfortable and
animalistic features. frightened.



‘Black, sneering
coolness like Satan’.




Simile – ‘like Satan’ – compares Hyde to the evillest of all
things which would disturb the Victorian society because they
ridiculed those who did not act gentlemanly.




Simile – ‘Like some’ – comparing Hyde to a huge
man whereas he is initially described as ‘small and
dwarfish’ which shows how he behaves like he is a
huge giant which he is far from.




‘Like some damned
juggernaut’.
The noun – ‘juggernaut’ – a force
regarded as merciless and
destructive crushing anything in
its path. Adjective – ‘Damned’ – which shows his behaviour
is condemned and does not match or align with
Victorian gentleman ideologies as he is special to
eternal punishment.

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