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Shannon Warren – Mr Moore – English – Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Assessment

How does Stevenson present Mr Hyde as a frightening outside?
How does Stevenson present Mr Hyde in this extract?
Stevenson presents Mr Hyde as a frightening outside by comparing him to animals in his use of
language
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By showing a repeat of words this put emphasis on the phrase, but
with a more of a mocking tone towards Mr Utterson
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This could link to the phrase later on in the text ‘The other snarled aloud’
as the word ‘snarled’ and ‘Hoarsely’ both show an intimidating nature behind each phrase, which
was uncommon in the Victorian era
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The
word ‘savage’ could link to something that could be described as unevolved
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This could also link to the quote ‘Murderous mixture
of timidy’ as they both use words that represent murder and criminalistics actions through the
language
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An example
of this is when Mr Utterson states ‘the man seems hardly human!’
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This also links
to the next part of the text when Utterson describes Mr Hyde as ‘something troglodytic’, which is a
reference to devolution
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By using this, Stevenson shows the distaste that some
may have towards Hyde and how people may persevere him differently
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This is shown
when Mr Utterson refers to Mr Hyde as ‘Satan’s Signature upon a face’
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The word ‘Satan’ links to the religious culture in the Victorian era
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The structure of the quote also comes off as powerful and intimidating,
with the alliteration of ‘Satan’s signature’ making a hissing sound, which refers back to the snake
within garden of Eden which is seen in the bible, which is one of the origins of sin
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By referring to a soul it conveys the idea of
the soul going to heaven after death
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‘a foul soul’ allows the reader to imagine someone who has gone against god
and their soul has turned evil
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For
example, Stevenson uses the term ‘Pale and dwarfish’ as a way to describe Mr Hyde
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By also using the word
‘dwarfish’ it also insinuates that he is quite small
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Shannon Warren – Mr Moore – English – Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Assessment
As well as this, Stevenson also uses the perception from other characters of Mr Hyde to give off a
sense of discomfort to anyone who sees him
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This suggests that when
someone first sees Hyde, they feel as though something is wrong with him without anything being
visible
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With the previous quote ‘Pale and dwarfish’, it makes the image of Mr Hyde out to be
something that is a small misshaped pale figure that sneaks around in the dark
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How Stevenson presents Mr Hyde as a frightening outsider in the novel as a whole?
A way in which Robert Louis Stevenson presents Mr Hyde as a frightening outsider is in the first
encounter of Mr Hyde within chapter 1
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This is the first idea that we see of Mr Hyde, without knowing that it is
him
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This would have
been a frightening firs impression to the reader as it shows that Mr Hyde is stereotypically being
mysterious as there are many questions to be answered as to why he walking fast and why he is
limping
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When Dr Lanyon says ‘there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very
essence of the creature’
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Using
the words ‘abnormal’ and ‘misbegotten’ suggests to the reader that people find him different to the
rest of them, automatically placing him in an exterior group in society
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He is
portrayed as a hated member of the community which automatically makes the reader believe that
he should be seen as nothing else but an outsider
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This suggests that the
reader should also see him as an evil, ‘villainous’ and unlikable character, ultimately meaning that
the reader sees him as frightening because all the characters see him as frightening
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Another example of this is when the maid, after Sir Carew’s murder,
describes Mr Hyde as someone ‘whom she had conceived a dislike
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Overall, Mr Hyde is portrayed as a frightening outsider to the reader as well as the characters within
the novella
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He is also
described as a very intimidating and terrifying individual who is represented this way to make the
reader automatically see him as someone they shouldn’t trust

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