English Lit paper 1 - J+H

"it was like some damned juggernaut"

This quote reveals the Christian prejudice of the time. Hyde is “damned” just on his appearance; he's being judged and condemned to hell. He is described as a “juggernaut” because this was the British way of changing the pronunciation of Jagannath, the Hindu god. This description reveals Victorian prejudice against other cultures and religions, which is part of the dual narrative that Stevenson is writing. He is showing that the Christian tradition is only one possible moral construct for societies to follow. Other societies, much greater in numbers than our own, might choose different religions and belief systems. The prejudice towards Hinduism here is the same prejudice that the characters will have towards Hyde, reflected in the word "damned."

"I read satan's signature upon a face"

Satan is a lead figure in evil and sin, this quote infers that Mr. Hyde embodies Satan and Hyde has already been signed off to hell. Through sibilance 'Satan's signature' this creates a hissing sound like on of a snake. In genesis, the snake was responsible for tempting Eve to eat the fruit. Also, the snake in the genesis story is the devil... Stevenson is yet again proving Hyde is pure evil.

scientific heresies

unscientific balderdash

"I must die ; and yet I shall die incredulous."

Despite Dr Lanyon seeing the transformation with his own eyes, he is still not willing to accept what he saw and this therefore leads him to his own impending doom. Stevenson is s

illustrates utterson repressed desires. on the outside he is "austere" and an archetypical victorian gentlemen yet his insatiable curiosity and desire to find Hyde , to the extent of lurking streets would be immoral. Stevenson uses Utterson to condemn and expose Victorian hypocrisy in middle class men

"I shall consider it my duty to break in that door."

"The street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest." CAVENDISH SQUARE

"I incline to Cain’s heresy ....I let my brother go to the devil in his own way"

Literary allusion to the genesis, from the bible.

Compares himself to cain in a negative way as he should of helped Jekyll (Abel)

calls it "heresy" to emphasise his genuine guilt for not doing enough for Jekyll

"the animal within me, licking the chops of memory"

animalsitic

evolution challenging chritstinaty evil?

regressive form of Jekyll scaringg readers

archangel OF CHRTSINSITY, SYMBOL OF CHRISTINSY

ironic good outside immoral inside

turn sick and white with the desire to kill him

"sick" suggests reaction is a sickness. enfield and sawbones all want to kill him, shows Christina reader how inherently evil Hyde is. A different interepteration to readers who reject christraintiy, is Hyde is in a more evil society than he is, as the respectable middle class Enfield then says "We screwed him up to a hundred pound". Showing this society covers up sin, covering for eacother.

John hunter + Leicester Square