Technique How?

Why

Effect

Simile

Stevenson has done this to directly

compare Hyde's behaviour to Satan's.
This shows that Hyde is an abominable
human being who doesn't really have a
conscience.

This shocks the Victorian reader due

to their religious beliefs and their
knowledge and understanding of
Satan's behaviour and actions.

The fact that the building is 'thrusting'

forward highlights to the reader that this
building and the person using it is
unusual.

This makes the reader aware of the

building and immediately makes it
sinister, ensuring that the reader
knows the person using the building
might be up to no good.

Stevenson uses a simile when describing

Mr Hyde: 'really like Satan.'
Stevenson uses personification when
Personifica
describing the laboratory in the opening
tion
chapter: 'a certain sinister block of building
thrust forward its gable on the street.'

Imagery

Stevenson uses imagery when describing

Carew's dead body: 'The stick with which
the deed had been done...had broken
under the stress of this insensate cruelty;
and one splintered half had rolled in the
neighbouring gutter'.

This makes the reader despise Hyde

This shows how horrific the murder scene for his cruelty and what he has done.
was - how the weapon had splintered
The use of the word 'insensate' shows
under the pressure and how it had been
the reader how emotionless Hyde
left in a gutter, as if it didn't matter. This was while murdering another human
image depicts the brutality of the murder. being.

Powerful
verbs

Stevenson uses powerful verbs when

describing Carew's dead body, such as
'mangled.'

This creates an image of a dead,

unidentifiable body that has suffered a
cruel, violent death.

This makes the reader feel disgusted

at what Hyde has done. It also makes
the reader empathise with Carew.

Stevenson uses words such as 'trampling'

and 'shattered'.

Stevenson has done this to allow the

reader to picture the brutality of the
murder and to imagine how it sounded.
'Trampling 'describes the sound of
someone stamping, highlighting Hyde's
brutality.

This makes the reader feel disgusted

with Hyde and empathise with Carew.
Any sympathy you may have had for
Hyde has vanished because of this
callous crime.

Onomatop
oeia