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Age and build

A man of fifty, large and well-made

“a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 3)

Face and hair

Smooth-faced with a slyish cast, marked by capacity and kindness

“smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 3)

Face grows pale to the lips when distressed, with blackness about the eyes

“The large handsome face of Dr. Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 3)

Professional hand, large, firm, white and comely

“the hand of Henry Jekyll (as you have often remarked) was professional in shape and size; it was large, firm, white and comely” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Dress

The book is silent here, so we keep this plain and neutral.

Voice and speech

The book is silent here, so we keep this plain and neutral.

Signature words

Uses formal address 'Lanyon' and 'Utterson' in correspondence

“Dear Lanyon,—You are one of my oldest friends” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 9)

Employs phrases of urgency and desperation in letters

“Lanyon, my life, my honour, my reason, are all at your mercy” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 9)

Uses 'I' extensively in confessional tone

“I have observed that when I wore the semblance of Edward Hyde” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Gait and mannerisms

Heavy creaking tread, contrasted with Hyde's light and odd steps

“it was different indeed from the heavy creaking tread of Henry Jekyll” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 8)

Sits close to warmth when ill, appearing deathly sick

“there, close up to the warmth, sat Dr. Jekyll, looking deathly sick” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 5)

Strengths

Highly respected physician with scientific knowledge and capacity

“every mark of capacity and kindness” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 3)

Capable of great scientific achievement and chemical expertise

“his own tastes being rather chemical than anatomical” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 5)

Demonstrates genuine affection and warmth toward old friends

“you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr. Utterson a sincere and warm affection” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 3)

Known for charities and later for religion and good works

“whilst he had always been known for charities, he was now no less distinguished for religion” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 6)

Flaws

Aversion to the dryness of scholarly life, seeking undignified pleasures

“I had not conquered my aversion to the dryness of a life of study” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Incoherent life as a noted professor indulging secret pleasures

“my pleasures were (to say the least) undignified, and I was not only well known and highly considered, but growing towards the elderly man, this incoherency of my life was daily growing more unwelcome” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Lacks strength to maintain virtue despite choosing the better part

“it fell out with me, as it falls with so vast a majority of my fellows, that I chose the better part and was found wanting in the strength to keep to it” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Conscience slumbered through rationalization of Hyde's crimes

“the situation was apart from ordinary laws, and insidiously relaxed the grasp of conscience” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Traits

Ambitious and intellectually curious about scientific discovery

“my evil, kept awake by ambition, was alert and swift to seize the occasion” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Capable of profound remorse and self-awareness

“I saw my life as a whole: I followed it up from the days of childhood” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Composite nature, incongruous compound of reformation and depravity

“the old Henry Jekyll, that incongruous compound of whose reformation and improvement I had already learned to despair” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Tormented by the knowledge of his dual nature and shared consciousness

“My two natures had memory in common, but all other faculties were most unequally shared between them” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Lines in their own words

Pleading for understanding and help

“I only ask for justice; I only ask you to help him for my sake, when I am no longer here” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 3)

Expressing desperation in letter to Lanyon

“Lanyon, my life, my honour, my reason, are all at your mercy; if you fail me to-night, I am lost” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 9)

Confessing his scientific discovery and its consequences

“The drug had no discriminating action; it was neither diabolical nor divine; it but shook the doors of the prisonhouse of my disposition” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Expressing final despair and acceptance of doom

“Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Reflecting on his moral weakness and temptation

“It was on this side that my new power tempted me until I fell in slavery” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 10)

Acknowledging the horror of his dual existence

“O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend” (Jekyll And Hyde, part 2)