london Flashcards
1
Q
” a great air of wealth and comfort “
A
- Jekyll owns a fancy town house
- suggests he is wealthy and likes to display his wealth
- he is concerned with his reputation and making himself look good to other people which his house certainly does.
2
Q
“FOG”
A
- the novels settings are mostly foggy.
- stevenson repeatedly mentions the fog.its so dense that it covers whole streets making them place of secrecy .
3
Q
“the dismal quarter of Soho seen under these changing glimpses”
A
-where bars are
4
Q
“like a district of some city in a nightmare”
A
- simile
- Stevenson build a nightmarish version of London
- the streets of London are presented as dangerous.
5
Q
“he would be aware of great field of lamps of a nocturnal city”
A
metaphor : suggests its a city that never sleeps.
- they would drink in the night time, not during the day.
