Understanding Animal Imagery in 'Jekyll and Hyde'

by Michael Hartland

Our ethos at Hartland Educational Consultancy Services is to inspire and nurture excellence. 

One of the ways we do this is to help students access top grades by understanding and writing about an author’s style and language - and for the text Jekyll and Hyde, this means looking at how Stevenson uses animal imagery.

As an experienced English tutor and teacher, I know that students quickly understand this aspect once it’s pointed out to them.  For example, reference is made to the “ape-like fury” when Hyde commits a murder, and later in the text Dr. Jekyll mentions the "ape-like spite" of Mr. Hyde.

Having identified this pattern of language used by Stevenson, we then go on to explore its significance by interpreting and understanding the concepts of the novel.

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