London in the 19th century period
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- London in the 19th century period
- Popular for use in fiction
- Charles Dickens
- Sherlock Holmes
- Both rich and poor people
- Stevenson draws on the extremes of both rich and poor neighbourhoods
- Lanyon and Jekyll being rich
- Hyde being poor
- Stevenson draws on the extremes of both rich and poor neighbourhoods
- A fog came about often
- It was likely that you couldn't see anything
- Stevenson uses the fog to create tension and mystery throughout the novel
- In 'the Carew murder case' Soho is over taken by fog
- "the fog lifted a little"
- Stevenson uses this to show that Utterson is prepared to gain some understanding of what's happening
- The use of the word 'little' represents the fact that only a small amount of knowledge is going to be an outcome of this trip
- The verb 'lifted' is used to bring the idea of hope
- Utterson is in desperate need of hope since learning about Hyde
- "the fog lifted a little"
- In 'the Carew murder case' Soho is over taken by fog
- It could seep into the buildings sometimes
- This was often caused by coal fires in the city
- There was a population boom
- From 1mil to 7mil in 100 years
- This was because of the industrialisation in London
- It lead to rural to urban migration
- Upper class people didn't like the lower classes
- The rich people created a new part of the city in which they could live without meeting the poor
- There are no lower class main characters in Jekyll and Hyde except possibly Hyde
- Since Hyde lives in a run down part of town
- There are no lower class main characters in Jekyll and Hyde except possibly Hyde
- The poorer population would have stories written about them
- Shilling-shockers
- Jekyll and Hyde is based around the upper classes instead
- The fact that Jekyll, an upper class gentleman, was the one participating in these acts would've been frightening
- The use of Hyde eventually winning over would've scared the upper classes into thinking that they wouldn't win their own battles
- Many saw the story as a morality struggle between good and evil
- They thought it was a telling off what would happen if you give into your dark side
- The fact that Jekyll, an upper class gentleman, was the one participating in these acts would've been frightening
- Jekyll and Hyde is based around the upper classes instead
- The upper classes would read these for entertainment
- Shilling-shockers
- The rich people created a new part of the city in which they could live without meeting the poor
- Popular for use in fiction
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