settings and motifs
,QUOTE CHAR + CHAP (context in ANALYSIS CONTEXT
theme the play)
”chocolate setting 4- as mr utterson and - PATHETIC FALLACY- fog heighten the old town ( primal side of
coloured pall secrecy the officer made their suspenseful mood humanity synonymous with
lowered over way into soho where - chocolate has connotations of opulence, mr hyde) vs new town (
heaven” mr hyde lived decadence and luxury and this being representative of the upper
covered shows the façade of the upper class) highlights the key
class theme of duality.
- GOTHIC METAPHOR- the fact that
heaven is covered shows the lack of god pollution was evident in
and suppression of morality and the victorian england and
conventional aspect of sin being resulted in thick smoke.
normalised
- the fog spreading to heaven could be
stevenson critiquing how the sins
commited in this life will be faced as
consequences in the afterlife
- pall is symbolic of death and forbodes
the further murder to come
- shows the duality of hyde and how his
actions are repulsive and therefore must
be covered
”for even in the setting 5- jekylls house as - THE FOG IS A RECURRING MOTIF: fog is a typical feauture of
houses the fog secrecy utterson makes his - it obscures vision, concealing hyde’s gothic genre and mirrors
began to lie way over crimes and allowing him to operate and the dark events whithn the
thickly” how the crime has yet to be solved. book.
- represents jekyll’s state of mind and how
he is in a trance of confusion with not being able to escape
psychological warfare. from the evil would make
- representative of repression and guilt - is the christian audience
this leading him to internal conflict? scared and petrified
- PATHETIC FALLACY - sombre,
mysterious mod and dark tone
representative of uncertainty and death
- foreshadows terible things further on in
the novella
- in the bible fog is used to precede great
revelation thus foreshadowing the end of
the novella where we learn j and h are
one
- METAPHOR to represent utterson’s
growing suspicions: fog becomes more
prevelanet as evidence builds against
hyde
- the fact that the fog is inside shows how
evil is unescapable
- the evil is so great it has to be hidden
indoors.
”with a pale moon setting 8- utterson and poole - GOTHIC IMAGERY and the moon tilted social heirarchy-
lying on her back secrecy walk to jekyll’s house, suggests a world of imbalance, mirroring
as if the wind had about to reveal the the supernatural events withn j and h,
tilted her” truth and symbolises impending horror
- foreshadows horrors utterson will witness
- PERSONIFICATION- the pale, fragile
moon suggests weakness and fragility
emphasised by the lying” which suggests
vulnerability
- wind METAPHORically is the aggresive
violent force which overwhelms the moon
- perhaps like hyde and his victims who he
leaves fragile
, ”the door was setting 1-utterson and enfield - at the beginning of the novella the door is symbolicaly the door
equipped with secrecy encounter a chilling, seemingly impenetrable provides access to the
neither bell nor sinister door - acts as a barrier between the curious lower orders of the mind: its
knocker” eyes of the public and the hidden forbiding look indicates teh
activities within danger of leaving the public
”blistered and - this symbolises Jekyll's relationship with street of good behaviour
disdained” his public persona and his private and entering whithn the
thoughts realm of darkness
- also symbolises the literal transformation
of hyde into jekyll and his desire to
explore his internal duality and what
might seem respectable (jekyll) is
actually sinister
- doors ghastly appearance symbolises
hyde and his unwelcoming appearance
- the fact that the door is “decaying” shows
how hyde is an imposter in the rich
streets of leicester square
,QUOTE CHAR + CHAP (context in ANALYSIS CONTEXT
theme the play)
”chocolate setting 4- as mr utterson and - PATHETIC FALLACY- fog heighten the old town ( primal side of
coloured pall secrecy the officer made their suspenseful mood humanity synonymous with
lowered over way into soho where - chocolate has connotations of opulence, mr hyde) vs new town (
heaven” mr hyde lived decadence and luxury and this being representative of the upper
covered shows the façade of the upper class) highlights the key
class theme of duality.
- GOTHIC METAPHOR- the fact that
heaven is covered shows the lack of god pollution was evident in
and suppression of morality and the victorian england and
conventional aspect of sin being resulted in thick smoke.
normalised
- the fog spreading to heaven could be
stevenson critiquing how the sins
commited in this life will be faced as
consequences in the afterlife
- pall is symbolic of death and forbodes
the further murder to come
- shows the duality of hyde and how his
actions are repulsive and therefore must
be covered
”for even in the setting 5- jekylls house as - THE FOG IS A RECURRING MOTIF: fog is a typical feauture of
houses the fog secrecy utterson makes his - it obscures vision, concealing hyde’s gothic genre and mirrors
began to lie way over crimes and allowing him to operate and the dark events whithn the
thickly” how the crime has yet to be solved. book.
- represents jekyll’s state of mind and how
he is in a trance of confusion with not being able to escape
psychological warfare. from the evil would make
- representative of repression and guilt - is the christian audience
this leading him to internal conflict? scared and petrified
- PATHETIC FALLACY - sombre,
mysterious mod and dark tone
representative of uncertainty and death
- foreshadows terible things further on in
the novella
- in the bible fog is used to precede great
revelation thus foreshadowing the end of
the novella where we learn j and h are
one
- METAPHOR to represent utterson’s
growing suspicions: fog becomes more
prevelanet as evidence builds against
hyde
- the fact that the fog is inside shows how
evil is unescapable
- the evil is so great it has to be hidden
indoors.
”with a pale moon setting 8- utterson and poole - GOTHIC IMAGERY and the moon tilted social heirarchy-
lying on her back secrecy walk to jekyll’s house, suggests a world of imbalance, mirroring
as if the wind had about to reveal the the supernatural events withn j and h,
tilted her” truth and symbolises impending horror
- foreshadows horrors utterson will witness
- PERSONIFICATION- the pale, fragile
moon suggests weakness and fragility
emphasised by the lying” which suggests
vulnerability
- wind METAPHORically is the aggresive
violent force which overwhelms the moon
- perhaps like hyde and his victims who he
leaves fragile
, ”the door was setting 1-utterson and enfield - at the beginning of the novella the door is symbolicaly the door
equipped with secrecy encounter a chilling, seemingly impenetrable provides access to the
neither bell nor sinister door - acts as a barrier between the curious lower orders of the mind: its
knocker” eyes of the public and the hidden forbiding look indicates teh
activities within danger of leaving the public
”blistered and - this symbolises Jekyll's relationship with street of good behaviour
disdained” his public persona and his private and entering whithn the
thoughts realm of darkness
- also symbolises the literal transformation
of hyde into jekyll and his desire to
explore his internal duality and what
might seem respectable (jekyll) is
actually sinister
- doors ghastly appearance symbolises
hyde and his unwelcoming appearance
- the fact that the door is “decaying” shows
how hyde is an imposter in the rich
streets of leicester square
