A Sense of Atmosphere in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

A Sense of Atmosphere in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

Introduction:

The tension and suspense in the novel begins with the title, The

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It makes you want to know what

the strange case was and how it affected the characters. One day,

Utterson was out walking with the town distant kinsman Mr. Enfield

when they passed a house Mr.Enfield tells Mr Utterson a strange case

about the house. Description of the house makes reader feel

mysterious. It is very strange compared to other houses. Appearance of

the house foreshadows Mr.Hyde because the atmosphere of the house

gives a sinister that it is clearly cold and unwelcoming just like its

owner. Surely the house is a reflection of the people within. Mr.Hyde

is known as very evil man. Mr.Enfield also talks about a story of Hyde

and a little girl, in 'some place at the end of the world, about three

o'clock of a black winter morning.". This gives reader a tension, and

idea of isolation. Because no one would be around 'at the end of the

world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning.' It is sense of

sinister that something bad will happen. What happens is, Mr.Enfield

describes it was hellish to see. This happening shows how evil Mr.Hyde

is. How could he be so uncaring that he could trample down calmly over

a little child? If you read the next bit Enfield tell Utterson about

how people react to Mr. Hyde. He says "But gave me one look, so ugly

that it brought out a sweat on me like running." And anyone who sees

him takes a loathing and disgust to Mr. Hyde. Even though someone who

is very 'cut-and-dry', he turns "Very sick and white with the ...

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...nships which is a good way of plotting a novel.

Another technique used by Stevenson is, that he gives clues to the

reader and make them solve the mysteries in their heads which involves

the readers more also in this way the novel have more impact on the

readers that what's going on and this all adds to the atmosphere.

Response:

Stevenson is making the plot more exciting. Utterson needs to find out

about Hyde and he also needs to know the man who got the key of the

mysterious door, I think the main point of this novel showing that

there is a good and an evil side to all people, some people are more

in touch with their good side, some with their evil side. He shows we

all have a good and an evil side because we are all capable of doing

both good and evil. In this novel Stevenson shows how we can be good

and evil.