Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Quotes

This Study Guide consists of approximately 22 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Quotes

This Study Guide consists of approximately 22 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1 paragraph 3)

Importance: This quote describes the way in which Mr. Utterson makes friends and keeps them. Friendship is an important theme of the novel.

There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
-- Mr. Enfield (Chapter 1 paragraph 11)

Importance: This quote relates Mr. Enfield's impression of Mr. Hyde. It is a description that is often repeated in regard to Mr. Hyde.

It offended him both as a lawyer and as a lover of the sane and customary sides of life, to whom the fanciful was the immodest.
-- Mr. Utterson (Chapter 2 paragraph 2)

Importance: This quote is in regard to Mr. Utterson's opinion of Dr. Jekyll's will that benefits Mr. Hyde. This quote also illustrates to a certain degree the repression of society...

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