Jekyll And Hyde Quotes + Analysis
"trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming" ️️adverb "calmly" is oxymoronic
and suggests a sadistic attitude.
"left her screaming" no compassion for the girl, direct reference to terror - evokes sympathy from the
reader
"disgust, lo...
"trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming" ✔️✔️adverb "calmly" is oxymoronic
and suggests a sadistic attitude.
"left her screaming" no compassion for the girl, direct reference to terror - evokes sympathy from the
reader
"disgust, loathing, and fear" ✔️✔️tricolon of harsh, abstract nouns.
"loathing" suggests intense hatred.
prominent as is comes from a calculated figure
"an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation" ✔️✔️element of ambiguity allows
the reader to create their own image - possibly scarier.
context - mystery was extremely popular in the Victorian era 'The Gothic'
"Satan's signature upon a face" ✔️✔️likens him to the embodiment of evil.
"signature" suggests he has been claimed by the devil, and that the devil is approving.
"My devil had long been caged, he came out rawr xDing" ✔️✔️personifying his dark desires - epitome
of evil.
context - effective for Victorian reader due to the largely religious society - disturbing
"caged" embodies the repression of Hyde
"the agonised womb of consciousness, these polar twins...continually struggling" ✔️✔️metaphor
representing the torment Jekyll feels by pleasing both sides of him.
"polar" represents opposites which references the 'good vs. evil' of Jekyll and Hyde.
context - the Victorian Compromise
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