Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Mood Analysis

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was a very interesting book. It was written by Robert Louis Stevenson after a nightmare he had one night. He wrote and finished the book in three days. In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson uses imagery, diction, and details to create a eerie mood.

Robert Louis Stevenson used imagery to create an eerie mood. It says, “The man trampled calmly over the child's body” (50). This creates a dark, and eerie mood because you can see it happening in your head. The book also says, “With that he blew out his candle” (56). This makes us feel like we are in a dark room, and gives us a strange feeling. Another example is, “But Lanyon's face changed, and he held up a trembling hand” (82). This gives the book a deathly mood, like Lanyon is getting old and about to die. As you can see, the imagery Robert Louis Stevenson uses helps create the eerie mood throughout the book.

Robert Louis Stevenson uses diction or word choice to create an eerie mood.

The novel says, “The door was blistered and dis-tained” (49). He uses “blistered” and “dis-tained” to make it sound worse than just “damaged”. The book says, “I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight” (50). This shows when the book was written, and can tell us how bad the situation was, since he saw something wrong based on the sentence. It says, “There is something wrong… something displeasing, something detestable” (53) Instead of just keeping it at “wrong” he used “displeasing” and “detestable” to make the subject sound even more eerie than before. As you can see, Robert Louis Stevenson used certain words to create a eerie

mood.

Robert Louis Stevenson uses supporting details to create an eerie mood. Stevenson says, “The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker” (49). He put in this detail to express how weird the building actually was, to emphasize the setting. The novel says, “Shifting, unsubstantial mists’ that had so long buffed his eye” (56) Mist is commonly used to create an eerie and creepy mood in movies. Stevenson says, “It was a wild, cold, seasonable night of march” (88). Cold and windy nights are a detail about setting, which is important and used to make the eerie mood. Based off of the passages, you can see that Stevenson used details to help emphasize the eerie mood.

As you can see, Stevenson used many components to make his mood. You can learn a lot about Victorian London, including the crime in the lower classes of the city, and what is below the nice appearance. There was a lot going on in this time period including starvation, and high crime. The country tried to cover that up as much as possible. In the novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson uses imagery, diction, and details to create an eerie mood.