... Stevenson describes the bright and colourful shop fronts, in a dirty back street alley in London, but as you go on you enter the dark alleyway behind the shops full of run down buildings. This is symbolic of people who put masks on to cover up their inner evil self. '...Shop fronts stood along the throughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswoman...'(Stevenson, 10) these are the masks over the dark and dingy street they are in. '...At that point a certain sinister block of building thrust forward it's gable on the street...'(Stevenson, 10) As the reader sees more of the street he comes to Hyde's door, the darker part of the street. This deception of setting creates a good atmosphere. Stevenson also uses fog in the setting to represent things hidden and covered up. '...A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven...'(Stevenson, 31) the fog is lowering ...

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