Conext Flashcards
What was Victorian london like
.dichotomy (split between rich and poor)
.large population (many babies being born)
.fog - adds to mysterious setting (gothic)
.popular in fiction so familiar to readers
.Scotland Yard had just been founded - investigating was very popular
.Industrial Revolution
Gothic fiction
.setting used to show emotion
.use of night time
.fear
.good and evil
.popular in 18th century
.weather
.the uncanny
.darkness
.violence
.horror
.city like a maze
.monstrous description of Hyde
.supernatural
.the double
.death
Lombrosos theory of ativism
Physical characteristics represent your personality
.Hyde is ugly and unattractive so has a bad personality and is criminal
Repressed desires
.the more you repress them, the more violent te final outburst
.danger
.comes back more powerful
Where was Stevenson born?
Edinburgh
When was the book published?
1866