Compare And Contrast Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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Compare and contrast the description of the building (including the door) with Enfield's description of Mr Hyde. How does Stevenson use setting to convey a sense of the man? Stevenson uses setting to convey a sense of the man by linking elements between the two to amplify the meaning and emotion being portrayed. The building and Hyde are seen as being quite dark and out of place to the rest of the scene, especially the strong contrast between the building with the door and the shops further up the street. The building “showed no window … the door which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker” which shows how the building is not at all welcoming and rather secretive, which reflects the nature of Hyde described throughout the narrative. There are also hints of unknown activity in the two, described by Enfield noting on seeing …show more content…

The fog used in this description signifies Utterson’s confusion because he does not understand the situation between Jekyll and Hyde and why such a respectable man would be in any correlation to someone Utterson compares to Satan. The lower-class setting of Hyde’s address used in the description signifies how Hyde is an unknown and dark character and further confuses Utterson as well as how the people who live in this area of town have a wider span of ethnicities than other areas, which signifies how Hyde is a kind of outsider and in the time the book was written, not looked upon in a positive manner. This description as a whole also creates a sense of anticipation, especially the hidden aspect created by the fog for the reader as to the outcome of Utterson and the policeman’s visit. The effect of this description on our understanding of Hyde is how he is a highly mysterious character and further widens the gap between Hyde and Jekyll from the supposed lower class of Hyde and Utterson’s view of this part of town being out of a

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