How Does Robert Louis Stevenson use literary techniques...

How Does Robert Louis Stevenson use literary techniques to illustrate the social, historical and moral points he is trying to make in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? Throughout the Novella, ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, the author Robert Louis Stevenson uses a wide range of literary techniques in a skilful and sophisticated way to help achieve his effects and put his points across. Stevenson’s unique use of language is vital to the success of the Novella, with the structural and linguistic devices playing a vital part in creating the unusual atmosphere, which makes the Novella so successful. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde centres upon a conception of humanity as dual in nature, although the theme does not emerge fully until the last chapter, when†¦show more content†¦Utterson is someone that all the characters confide in throughout the Novella. Stevenson has used the character of Utterson to represent in many ways the perfect Victorian gentleman, his lovability coming from his desire to stand by friends who’s reputations and image has been damaged. The reader is also given the idea of how he envies his friends, ‘sometimes wandering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds’. The opening description of Uttersons character sets out the books main theme of the duality of human nature, and how to a greater or lesser extent everyone has two sides to him or her. Uttersons language throughout the Novella says a great deal about what sort of person he is. His language is always precise, calm, detached and most importantly unemotional. Utterson is clearly not a man of strong passions or sensibilities. When Utterson and Poole discover the body of Hyde and assume Dr Jekyll has been murdered, Utterson says, ‘he cannot be disposed of in such a short space, he must still be alive, he must have fled. And then, why fled? And how? And in that case, can we venture to declare this suicide?’ Uttersons lack of emotion gives the reader the idea that he is repressed. This is a metaphor for Victorian society, in which emotion didn’t play an important part, as peoples main concern was their reputation and not sentimental values. This is one of the primary themes of the Novella and VictorianShow MoreRelatedStevensons Use of Literary Techniques in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde2427 Words   |  10 PagesStevensons Use of Literary Techniques in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevensons Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tells of how a scientist abuses his knowledge so that he can become another being but the double he becomes is one that cannot be directly blamed for his crimes and actions. Throughout the story Stevenson uses many different literary techniques to convey how the characters feel. These can be categorized into many different themes: theRead MoreVictorian Novel9605 Words   |  39 Pagesin reading rooms. The idea of â€Å"manners† does sum up the social climate of middle-class England in the nineteenth century. However, if there is one transcending aspect to Victorian England life and society, that aspect is change. Nearly every institution of society was affected by rapid and unforeseeable changes.  As some writers greeted them with fear and others embraced the progress, this essay will guide a reader through an important era in English literary history and introduce with the voices thatRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesBuhle, eds., The New Left Revisited David M. Scobey, Empire City: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape Gerda Lerner, Fireweed: A Political Autobiography Allida M. Black, ed., Modern American Queer History Eric Sandweiss, St. Louis: The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past Sharon Hartman Strom, Political Woman: Florence Luscomb and the Legacy of Radical Reform Michael