setting
- Created by: rubyboast
- Created on: 09-04-18 15:18
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- setting
- dark and foggy
- Stevenson emphasise the darkness in the novel
- less respectable parts = darkness
- in Soho the light is always changing
- this symbolises the narrative as a whole - only parts of the truth can be seen at any one time
- repeatedly mentions fog
- it's so dense that it covers whole streets - making them places of secrecy
- fog actively works against the characters at time
- when utterson visits soho, it "cut him off" from his surroundings
- Stevenson uses fog to isolate characters and restrict their view of events
- when utterson visits soho, it "cut him off" from his surroundings
- fog also symbolises mystery
- the lecture theatre at jekylls house is described as "foggy"
- the fog seems to have come indoors which represents how deeply Jekyll has hidden his secret
- the lecture theatre at jekylls house is described as "foggy"
- Stevenson emphasise the darkness in the novel
- London streets as threatening places
- streets are dangerous - both of Hyde's attacks take place there
- Stevenson builds a nightmarish version of London that's between reality and fiction
- he uses vague descriptions of familiar settings.
- he includes specific details about locations
- dark and foggy
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