Jekyll and Hyde - Setting analysis

Question 1

The setting is presented as:

Answer 1

• Mysterious: cryptic, mysterious, ominous, esoteric
• Duality: Deep-seated in duplexity.
• Portrayed to be analogous to the recrudescent motif of secrecy in the novel.

Question 2

How is the setting presented as ominous?

Answer 2

• Links to the supernatural and fate through celestial imagery.
• The Incident a the window, and the window being ‘‘halfway open’’
• The Murder of Carew ‘‘audibly shattered’ and the fact it took place at night.
• Concoction of Hyde at night in J’s lab.

Question 3

How is duplexity depicted by the setting?

Answer 3

• The incident at the window (half way open etc)
• Hyde’s home vs his opposing personality.
• Jekyll’s lab vs what a lab is supposed to be used for.

Question 4

How is the setting portrayed to be analogous to the recruduscent motif of secrecy?

Answer 4

• Windows were always shut in Hyde’s home ‘‘windowless structure’’.
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