GCSE English Literature Revision
Paper One:
Section B: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Characters: Themes:
Dr Henry Jekyll Setting
Mr Edward Hyde Fear / Horror / Terror
Dr Gabriel Utterson Friendship
Dr Hastie Lanyon Science vs. Religion
Mr Richard Enfield Mystery
Sir Danvers Carew Secrecy & the Unknown
Poole Duality
Mr Guest Suspense & Tension
the Maid Reputation & Repression (Desire)
Dreams & Nightmares
Violence
Symbolism
Key Quotations:
C1:
‘lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet
somewhat lovable’ - Utterson + Reputation & Repression
adj. allit. juxt. → contrast with pleasantness descriptive list → long and boring like him
AO3 Vict. Gentleman
‘his affections, like ivy were the growth of time’ - Utterson & Enfield + Friendship + Reputation &
Repression
sim. → he is undiscriminating irony → befriending Enfield, possibly a potential Hyde figure
AO3 Vict. Gentleman
‘shop fronts […] with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen’ - Desire +
Symbolism
sim. sib. → suggestion shops are like prostitutes, ‘emulously’ showing off their goods in a flirtatious manner, deliberately
obscure
AO3 Gothic Sexual Transgression
‘wasn’t like a man […] like some damned juggernaut’ - Hyde + Fear
sim. → AO3 Darwin → dehumanising noun → indestructible force → AO3 Gothic trope monstrous
adj. → religious curse Enfield tinged with admiration
‘trampled calmly over the child’s body’ - Hyde + Horror + Violence
oxy. → shocking → hints of a perverted sexual taste
‘kind of black, sneering coolness […] really like Satan – Hyde + Terror
adj. personif. → dark and evil imagery
sim. → religious comparison
‘not easy to describe […] something displeasing, something down right
detestable’ – Hyde
AO3 Lombroso’s Criminal Man → unpleasant but not specifically deformed → leaves reader able to construct own vision
of inner ugliness, which infiltrates our imaginations
repet. allit. adj. → repulsion towards his appearance
C2:
‘sombre spirits […] dry divinity’ - Utterson
allit. adj. → dull religious texts
‘hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentlemen […] boisterous and decided
manner’ - Lanyon
allit. adj. → jolly and full of life → pomposity of Jekyll’s social world
‘became too fanciful for me […] wrong, wrong in mind […] unscientific
balderdash’
– Friendship + Science vs. Religion
Paper One:
Section B: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Characters: Themes:
Dr Henry Jekyll Setting
Mr Edward Hyde Fear / Horror / Terror
Dr Gabriel Utterson Friendship
Dr Hastie Lanyon Science vs. Religion
Mr Richard Enfield Mystery
Sir Danvers Carew Secrecy & the Unknown
Poole Duality
Mr Guest Suspense & Tension
the Maid Reputation & Repression (Desire)
Dreams & Nightmares
Violence
Symbolism
Key Quotations:
C1:
‘lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet
somewhat lovable’ - Utterson + Reputation & Repression
adj. allit. juxt. → contrast with pleasantness descriptive list → long and boring like him
AO3 Vict. Gentleman
‘his affections, like ivy were the growth of time’ - Utterson & Enfield + Friendship + Reputation &
Repression
sim. → he is undiscriminating irony → befriending Enfield, possibly a potential Hyde figure
AO3 Vict. Gentleman
‘shop fronts […] with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen’ - Desire +
Symbolism
sim. sib. → suggestion shops are like prostitutes, ‘emulously’ showing off their goods in a flirtatious manner, deliberately
obscure
AO3 Gothic Sexual Transgression
‘wasn’t like a man […] like some damned juggernaut’ - Hyde + Fear
sim. → AO3 Darwin → dehumanising noun → indestructible force → AO3 Gothic trope monstrous
adj. → religious curse Enfield tinged with admiration
‘trampled calmly over the child’s body’ - Hyde + Horror + Violence
oxy. → shocking → hints of a perverted sexual taste
‘kind of black, sneering coolness […] really like Satan – Hyde + Terror
adj. personif. → dark and evil imagery
sim. → religious comparison
‘not easy to describe […] something displeasing, something down right
detestable’ – Hyde
AO3 Lombroso’s Criminal Man → unpleasant but not specifically deformed → leaves reader able to construct own vision
of inner ugliness, which infiltrates our imaginations
repet. allit. adj. → repulsion towards his appearance
C2:
‘sombre spirits […] dry divinity’ - Utterson
allit. adj. → dull religious texts
‘hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentlemen […] boisterous and decided
manner’ - Lanyon
allit. adj. → jolly and full of life → pomposity of Jekyll’s social world
‘became too fanciful for me […] wrong, wrong in mind […] unscientific
balderdash’
– Friendship + Science vs. Religion
