This novel by Robert Louis Stevenson has a setting that has a very important feature. We find the character Dr. Jekyll who is used to represent good while Mr. Hyde in the novel representing evil. Technically, they are the same person, but they symbolize the good and the evil that is characteristic to us (Sorensen). The setting of the novel is in London, but relies heavily on Roberts 's knowledge of his own hometown. The evil of Hyde grows as the darkness of the setting becomes clearer as demonstrated in Hyde 's house in Soho and the lab in the back of Dr. Jekyll 's house as well as the fog that covers the streets.This helps in creating the development of evil throughout the story.
The setting of the novel is most important in bringing the different
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Utterson narrates to him a gruesome story of a girl who gets trampled by Mr. Hyde, he then disappears in one of the doors down the street. Surprisingly,t he reemerges as a respectable gentleman with a check as a payoff to the relatives of the young girl. Dr. Jekyll does not want to ruin his reputations since that is why he paid them off. Dr. Jekyll later writes a will transferring his property to the creature – Mr. Hyde. In fact the lab door that is highlighted in the novel matches the character of Mr. Hyde perfectly. In many ways it is described to have some similarity with Mr. Hyde secretive nature. He does not of the idea of seeing and interacting with people in his own affairs. Looking at the untidiness in the doorway is a clear indication that the different people who would come along to visit him were also not invited into this house. This lab in which the character Mr. Hyde is associated with is referred in the novel as a sinister block of buildings. (Stevenson) It is seen that there is something that is terribly off with this building. It seems deformed in a manner just like Mr. Hyde. The setting, in this case has been used successfully by the author in the presentation and the development of the character of Mr. Hyde and Jekyll. It has also been used in the development of evil throughout the novel. The presentation of the character Mr. Hyde brought out as a terrifying character to the townspeople. This is evidenced by what happened to the little girl and also Sir Carew whom he had