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Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Diction Essay

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Words can create unbelievable images in people's mind , it does not have to be a full sentence to blow up reader’s imagination. In Chapter 2 of the Noble “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” Diction takes place as an important form of expressing the author’s feelings. Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson (The author) apply the use of Diction with negative words; words like detestable, madness, disagreeably were implemented in this Chapter. Diction is also used to involve the reader by the use of a vocabulary that contain a specific mood, in this case the mood could be taken in different ways. Anxiety, angst or horror, depending on the reader’s mind are some feelings or thinkings that are involved in the story. So the use of diction is salient and necessary to perform a writing that establishes a purpose.

In Chapter 2 Mr. Stevenson introduces the character of Mr. Edward Hype, which is the character that in some way conduct the mood of the story. Page 12 “in case of decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc.,* all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his “friend and benefactor Edward Hyde,”...”this …show more content…

As can be seen on page 13 of the book, the omniscient narrator says “After a little rambling talk, the lawyer led up to the subject which so disagreeably preoccupied his mind…” This sentence is a perfect example of the fear muddled along the story . After examining, the word in bold represented the use of diction in this sentence. In comparison, another form to illustrate the idea of diction is when the author describe a place or an object. Page 14 “It was night of little ease to his toiling mind, toiling in mere darkness and besieged by questions.” in this case the word in bold epitomize the diction in story as a simple way to express it, if the reader think in darkness he probably think in something

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