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Created by Clare Noone
about 7 years ago
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Intro | -reflects what London would have looked like in 1886-contemporary readers interested in the differences in society-London deeply divided between the slums and lavish houses of the rich-divide in society helps establish contrasting themes of good and evil-gothic-pathetic fallacy+light imagery |
Para 1 topic sentence | In the novel, Stevenson uses contrasting settings to represent good and evil and the two-sided nature of man. It is also used to explore society as a whole and the divide between the rich and the poor. By creating two different settings, it reinforces the opposite characters Jekyll and Hyde. |
Para 1 quotes | "street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in the forest" Jekyll: "pleasantest room in London" "Large,low-roofed comfortable hall" Hyde: "certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street" "blistered and disdained" |
Para 1 context | -divide between the rich and privileged of the time- many lived in slums |
Para 2 point | As part of setting, Stevenson uses pathetic fallacy to convey a tense atmosphere. |
Para 2 Quotes | "great chocolate-coloured pall lowered" "wind was continually charging and routing" "wild, cold, seasonable night of march" |
Para 2 context | gothic- weather creates a sense of threat or reflects the emotional state of characters. Mystery- often used to heighten tension in mystery/detective stories |
Para 3 point | In the novel, Stevenson makes great use of the times of day, choosing times of darkness for Hyde's evil antics. |
Para 3 Quotes | "some place at the end of the world" "three o'clock of a black winter morning" "brilliantly lit by the full moon" |
Para 3 context | Gothic convention- supernatural |
Para 4 point | Stevenson's description of the laboratory reinforces his moral message that scientific progression is potentially evil. |
Para 4 Quotes | "dingy windowless structure" "lying gaunt and silent" "windows barred with iron" "even in the houses the fog began to lie thickly |
Para 4 context | Scientific progress at the time was frowned upon by much of society at the time because they beleived it meddled in matters which should be left to God. Darwin 1859 |
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