MUST USE form features

Question 1

narrative arc

Answer 1

• conflict peaks during chapters 4-8 (climax at ch.8)
• lessens from chapter 9 onwards as the narrative is resolved
• falling action of the narrative arc

Question 2

setting

Answer 2

• stevenson uses the setting of London to expose different parts of the city which represent different things - order vs. chaos (jekyll’s respectable london vs hyde’s repugnant london)
• description of weather and buildings are also used to heighten tension and add to the suspense

Question 3

gothic traits

Answer 3

• example of gothic fiction
• claustrophobia/entrapment
• strong emotions such as fear and worry
• an unreliable narrator
• doubles
• the uncanny
• transformation
• feelings of unease
• elements of the supernatural
• mystery
• women in distress
• dark settings

Question 4

narrative/accounts

Answer 4

• three first-person narratives
• utterson, dr lanyon and dr jekyll
• stevenson chooses to tell the story from Utterson’s point of view as he is the one who could describe the whole story from the very beginning to the very end

Question 5

use of letters

Answer 5

epistolary form