How Is Imagery Used In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

The novella ‘Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde’ was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in the Victorian era. The book was first published in 1886, after he had a nightmare. It took him three days to write the story originally, and then three days to revise it. In the novela Stevenson explains to the reader that humans have lots of different sides to each other and not just one. He also explains how duplicitous human nature is. In the novel, he uses imagery,diction, and detail to set the evil mood. In the novel, Imagery is used to help further describe the scenes, giving off an even more sinister feeling to the plot. (49) “the door… was blustered and distained.“ this gives off the feeling to the reader that the house is in disrepair, it need someone to take care of it. it makes you wonder why it hasn’t been repaired.

“sinister block of evil.” (49) the house is pure evil, so anything that comes out of it must be evil too.“what i heard was abominable.” (66) what he heard wasn't just bad it gives evil a whole new meaning. “the inmates of my house.”(114) the other people are sleeping, but in reality it is a metaphor about how blind people really are about human nature,and how the people in the story are blind to what is going on. this is how Robert Louis Stevenson used diction, or word choice, to affect the mood of the book. Details that were not needed were added throughout the book to help it seem more evil. “a black winter morning... “ the details were added in because the author wanted to show that the morning was not just cold, it was overcast with gloom. “polity of multifarious incongruous and independent denizens.”(111) this is a gathering of people who are not good people. “I bring the life of that unhappy Dr. Jekyll to an end.” he is committing suicide, and the author puts emphasis on how unhappy Dr. Jekyll is before he dies. the author uses details to add to the evil feeling of the