STRANGE CASE OF DR.

JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

ANALYSIS
Literary Devices in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde

Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory

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This isn't the chipper London of the postcardslife is decidedly not composed of tea
parties and orderly flower gardens and bobbies on bicycles.
Instead, this is the grim city of Dickensgrimy alleyways, dark corners, and a
population that seems to have been born wearing wool overcoats and unsmiling
expressions:
He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then of the figure of
a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor's; and then these met,
and that human Juggernaut trod the child down and passed on regardless of her
screams. (2.13)
And rather than taking place in only one part of the city, Stevensons novel is set in
many different areas of London, each meant to reflect the character of its denizens.
Soho, where Mr. Hyde lives, is described as being dark and dingywhich, last time
we checked, tends to go quite well with people who ooze evil out of their pores. But
the entire city is painted in dull and sinister colors, which helps give the novel its evil-
laden atmosphere.