... into a cellar door at four o'clock in the morning and come out of it with another man's cheque'. This gives the idea that they must be very close friends to share a bank account, or that Jekyll would give ...

... person and gives pleasant dinners. This shows Jekyll is an entertainer and likes the company of others. However, later in the book, he becomes reclusive and the reader begins to guess that something is not right with Jekyll. Jekyll is ...

... are incorporated in the novel 'Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'. Robert Louis Stevenson has chosen to set this book in Soho London which shows transgression by the Soho atmosphere because Soho is a run down place and his house is located ...

... are incorporated in the novel 'Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'. Robert Louis Stevenson has chosen to set this book in Soho London which shows transgression by the Soho atmosphere because Soho is a run down place and his house is located ...

... 1865 when the slave trade was finally abolished the time of which Queen Victoria was due to take to the thrown. A couple years later after Queen Victoria was then crowned queen we began to see that the slave trade ...

... the books plot. "I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point." - Enfield What Enfield is ...

... the books plot. "I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point." - Enfield What Enfield is ...

... main moral point of good and evil and his disciplined religious upbringing, the bible teaching the importance of good and evil, and the seven deadly sins. He uses a variety of techniques to put across his views across on many ...

... entirely evil. To a Victorian audience this idea can be unnerving as most Victorians were deeply religious and believed that if you sinned you would be banished to hell for eternity. Stevenson himself was religious and came from a family ...

... 13th November, 1850. He was the son of a light house engineer who saw Robert following in his footsteps. However, he took an interest in writing and became an author who studied at the University of Edinburgh. This is possibly ...

... acknowledge the darker side of ourselves. Dr Jekyll is described as "a large, well made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness". However, when angered "The large handsome face of ...

... gothic style of having dark imagery, suspense and pathetic fallacy. An example of this is when the setting is being described. 'It was a wild, cold seasonable night of March, with a pale moon...' We also know that this story ...

... marriage was greatly emphasised, as was the following of the expectancy to behave morally at all times. The Gothic nature of the book is shown in Stevenson's vivid descriptions and dark imagery such as 'the most racking prangs succeeded: a ...

... gothic style of having dark imagery, suspense and pathetic fallacy. An example of this is when the setting is being described. 'It was a wild, cold seasonable night of March, with a pale moon...' We also know that this story ...

... one good and one bad in the novel. The novel is both horror and mystery, as we don't know who Hyde is or how Jekyll and Hyde are connected. Having all these unanswered questions makes it mysterious. It is also a ...

... one good and one bad in the novel. The novel is both horror and mystery, as we don't know who Hyde is or how Jekyll and Hyde are connected. Having all these unanswered questions makes it mysterious. It is also a ...

... was almost a monster at his profession and only became more into a more normal, human way when he was out with friends. Of course the foreshadowing here is of the transformation of Jekyll into Hyde, but Utterson knows nothing ...

... that what they were reading was not only possible but highly plausible, the story needed to have great suspense, tension and mystery. This is still valid and Stevenson's use of many different and varied techniques are fundamental in building that ...

... they had a bad side, but they all refuse to accept the truth, as the 'dark side' is so unpleasant. The novel demonstrates how innocent curiosity about the darker elements of our nature can soon get out of hand, how ...

... we reach this chapter, set up an atmosphere of ominous anticipation. -------------------------------------- From the beginning of 'The Last Night', Robert Louis Stevenson creates a sense of dramatic tension and mystery by delaying the dénouement. Neither the reader nor the ...

... when the wine is to his taste, something eminently human beacons in his eye." Other ways in which he is portrayed is cold, scanty yet somehow loveable. This gives an impression of a man with no desire to show his ...

... that adds mystery involves the will of Doctor Jekyll. As his lawyer Mr Utterson should have assisted in the making in the will, but the book tells us, "Mr Utterson...had refused to lend the least assistance in making it." A ...

... the sense of horror. He is described to be 'cold' and 'scanty'. These adjectives are not used to complement him, and would usually be used to portray a cruel or nasty person. Another example is when Mr. Utterson is described ...

... named Mr Hyde. Now Mr Utterson knows this mysterious man, he reads over Dr Jekylls will, which states that if Dr Jekyll dies or is missing for more than three calendar months, Mr Hyde inherits all of Dr Jekyll possessions. ...

... plague him throughout his life. As his father was usually gone on business and his mother too suffered from an illness in the lungs which rendered her incapable to care for her sickly child, the task to look after Stevenson ...