Language

Question 1

Decency law

Answer 1

Writers at the time couldn’t describe atrocities too much or It’d be seen as pornographic. This was the era of Jack the Ripper, where writers had to leave the events to the writer’s imagination

Question 2

Stevenson and Language

Answer 2

Stevenson creates an atmosphere of dread and isn’t explicit

Used oddly formal language to make the events even more shocking

Question 3

“The man calmly trampled over the child’s body”

Answer 3

‘Tramples’ is vague and ‘Calmly’ makes the man seem evil