Minor Character Quotes
- Created by: Rach128
- Created on: 05-04-19 20:35
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- Jekyll and Hyde
- Poole
- weeping like a woman or a lost soul
- sexism
- his manner was altered for the worse
- "altered" links to "Jekyll and Hyde" personality; altered behaviour
- ferocity of accent that testified to his own jangled nerves
- "ferocity" is a synonym for "savage" linking to Hyde, and shows every man has a dual personality
- if that was my master, why had he a mask upon his face?...
- do you think I do not know my master after 20 years?
- offended by Utterson's questioning
- Loyal to his master, as he was expected to be by society
- weeping like a woman or a lost soul
- The Maid
- "Never (she used to say with streaming tears...) had she felt more at peace with all men
- weakness of women
- "she used to say" suggests she recalled the story many times, hinting at enjoyment and pleasure
- mocks women for perceived intrigue for the gothic and gossip
- cries as she recalls the setting as opposed to the murder, showing evil and idisreguard
- "Never (she used to say with streaming tears...) had she felt more at peace with all men
- Setting
- "like rows of smiling saleswomen"
- Simile
- alludes to prostitution
- "saleswomen" as though to sell their bodies
- An attractive image, suggesting Stevenson approves and takes an interest in them
- makes Hyde's home appear more evil; juxtaposition
- appears attractive and so we make an assumption the street is nice; links to Jekyll and appearances
- "woman" makes it appear delicate, beautiful and appealing
- the door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained
- personified as an unattractive person; Hyde
- "the thin trees...were lashing themselves along the railing"
- "railing" is a physical barrier, suggesting confinement and imprisonment
- "thin" suggests illness
- "themselves" shows the pain is self inflicted
- "lashing"
- suggests violence and physical harm
- means "beating", suggesting punishment for sins
- means "a cord used to fasten something securely" showing entrapment and slavery
- "like rows of smiling saleswomen"
- Poole
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