Narrative Techniques In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Stevenson uses Enfield’s narration to first introduce the reader to Hyde whom we don’t know the identity of yet. He describes the scene as “hellish to see” then he elaborates the horror by describing what Hyde did and in what manner he did so: “trampled calmly over the child 's body” furthermore Stevenson uses a metaphor to describe Hyde as a “Juggernaut” this indicates that Hyde is an unstoppable force that crushes everything in his way and also has no reluctance in trampling over the girl and this gives the reader a sense of horror and curiosity of what kind of man could do such a thing without a second thought. Then, Enfield goes on to say that when this figure was caught he said “No gentleman wishes to avoid a scene, name your figure” and

Jekyll first finds out that Mr. Utterson wanted to talk about his will he immediately tries to change the topic this gives a sense of secrecy and mystery. This leaves the reader to wonder what Dr. Jekyll is trying to hide, furthermore when Mr. Utterson tries to pursue the topic by mentioning that he has “been learning something of young Hyde” The doctors features darkened “he grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes” This is the first link Stevenson gives us between the Mr. Hyde who is almost shrouded in secrecy throughout the novel and the respectable Dr. Jekyll, this generates a sense of mystery in the reader trying to figure out what the relationship between the two are. Soon afterwards Jekyll convinces Mr. Utterson to keep Hyde a private matter and tells him everything is under his control and he can “be rid of Hyde” at any moment he pleases. However on the second reading the reader knows that the situation is in fact quite the contradiction to what he just said, so this gives an effect of dramatic irony. This also foreshadows that soon something is bound to happen to Dr. Jekyll and we know this because of his will and how it indicates that if anything is to happen to him for example “go missing or die” all his money is to be delivered to Mr.