scene 1

Question 1

‘the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood ‘

Answer 1

-establishes a theme of duality
-links to the idea that the novella is a metaphor for the division seen in contemporary edinburgh
-use of sibilance implies that prescence of duality imposes an underlying threat

Question 2

‘damned juggernaut’

Answer 2

The satanic connotations of “damned” are juxtaposed against the omnipotent connotations of “Juggernaut”. This implies that Hyde is unrestricted by conventional ideas of religious morality.

Question 3

“something displeasing, something downright detestable”

Answer 3

The repetition of “something” implies that Hyde is more of a thing than a being, Stevenson also uses repeated harsh “d” consonants in “displeasing”, “downright” and “detestable” to introduce Hyde as a force of evil.

Question 4

He is also described as giving “a strong feeling of deformity”

Answer 4

The ambiguity created by “feeling” establishes an impression of uncertainty surrounding Hyde. Stevenson’s characterisation of Hyde as mysterious is a detective novel convention he has “borrowed” in his work of gothic fiction.