dr jekyll and mr hyde robert louis stevenson summary

Therefore it reveals that Hyde brings out the worst in people no matter what status they hold due to his evil immoral behaviour. ‘I saw that Sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him’ – The apothecary would have been an educated gentleman and at the time gentlemen didn’t show emotion and here he has visibly strong emotions.This likens Hyde to no less than an animal ‘I gave a view-halloa’ – A view halloa is a shout made by a hunter seeing a fox break cover.A Juggernaut is a Hindu god, whose worshippers are said to throw themselves in front of a car with a picture of the God in it. ‘It wasn’t like a man it was like some damned Juggernaut’ – Hyde is described to be a man with a brutal nature.So much like Jekyll, Utterson too has a persona that not everyone sees.Drinks hard liquor at home so the public don’t see him do it.Enjoys theatre, but doesn’t go as it is seen as too frivolous for his class.

‘lean, long, dusty, dreary’ – alliteration depicts monotone nature of Utterson.

‘though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years’.

Could imply that he too has a darker side that he wants to hide, like Jekyll, and wants to live up to his standard as seen in society As the gin was very harsh, it killed his taste buds, so restricted him from drinking vintage wines that he enjoyed. ‘drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages’ – gin is an alcohol that was drunk by the lower classes, and so Utterson doesn’t want to taint his higher class position by being seen drinking it.‘embarrassed in discourse’ – doesn’t like talking to others.

Dr jekyll and mr hyde robert louis stevenson summary