Character Analysis: Danvers Carew Flashcards
What does Stevenson use the character of Danvers Carew for ?
To present the importance of class in the novella
How is Danvers Carew described by the witness ?
He approached Hyde with ‘ a pretty manner of politeness’
The witness also described Carews face as ‘innocent’ and having an ‘old world kindness’
How is Hyde described by the witness ?
She immediately ‘conceived a dislike’ and goes to describe his Hyde ‘carried on like a madman’
Attacking Carew with ‘ape like fury’ and ‘insensate cruelty’
What does Carew represent here ?
The upper class of Victorian London with his ‘ old world kindness’ referring to the established values of the Victorian class ( talk about Victorian attitudes to the influx of working class)
How is Hyde represented ?
He is an anthitheitc pairing
Animalistic and violent
He smashed this old way of life to peice and it is a crime that ‘startled London’
