“that man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic”
(Hyde, Duality -> Chapter 2)
“troglodytic” (adjective) → refers to pre-historic humans, implies Hyde’s regressive origins, contrasting Jekyll’s civilised exterior “well-made…”
“seems” (verb) → opinion not fact, Victorian society dismiss anyone who transgress social laws and label them as not human
“hardly human” (adverbial phrase) → utilised Gothic trope of liminal states to suggest how Hyde lives on margins of humanity
“ape-like fury”
(Hyde, Duality -> Chapter 4)
“ape-like” (zoomorphic simile) → connotes primitive life forms, suggests Hyde is animalistic, contrasting Jekyll’s rational identity as “the doctor”
“fury” (abstract noun) → denotes uncontrollable rage, suggests overwhelming emotions, opposes Jekyll’s restraint “I concealed my pleasures”
Context: Darwinian anxieties are reflected and manipulated
“spirit of hell awoke in me and raged”
(Hyde, Duality -> Chapter 10)
“spirit of hell” (religious imagery) → contextual approach: Victorian society feared devil as Christians, so would influence them to stop repressing to prevent devil coming out
“awoke” (verb) → implies ‘devil’ is dormant, and repressing activates it, also an innate feature
“raged” (verb) → further overwhelming emotions
