Setting Flashcards
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Stevenson uses the setting of London to expose different parts of the city, which represent different things – order versus chaos (Jekyll’s respectable London versus Hyde’s repugnant London).
Descriptions of buildings and the weather are also used to heighten tension and add to the suspense.
Many of the novel’s key events involving Mr Hyde happen in the dark, which adds to the sense of mystery and intrigue. Other settings – old buildings, Jekyll’s laboratory, for example, are all used to build up tension and suspense throughout the novella.
