setting in J+H

Question 1

tangible objects

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Answer 1

‘window’ - vantage point - should be able to see everything - but maid unable to identify Hyde, and E/U couldn’t see all of Jekyll when he started to change to Hyde - prolonged mystery. J+H separated by a pane of existence
‘door’ - concealment - mystery + tension

Question 2

fog quote

Answer 2

‘fog rolled over the city’ - Hyde clouds Jekyll’s judgement, fog is hard to see in - darkness, uncertainty

Question 3

labyrinth quote

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Answer 3

‘labyrinths of lamplighted city’ - truth obscured like the idea that a lamp is bright but dim
labyrinths - plural - multilateral to this puzzle - the clues - but has dead ends similarly to a maze

Question 4

darkness quotes

Answer 4

‘gross darkness of the night and curtained room’ - adj ‘curtained’ concealment, alt ‘curtain’ is like Jekyll’s mind, darkness hides sins

Question 5

city quotes

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Answer 5

‘nocturnal city’

‘like a district of some city in a nightmare’ - Hyde is a district of Jekyll - duality of man

Question 6

duality of man quotes in terms of setting

Answer 6

‘the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbour’ - duality of places.
J - ‘street shone’ - positive verb ‘shone’. H - ‘dingy neighbour’ - adj ‘dingy’ - uncertainty of Hyde,

Question 7

setting to describe Jekyll - his home

Answer 7

‘a square of ancient, handsome houses now…decayed’
Jekyll description - was (had everything - adj ‘ancient, handsome’), now (destroyed by Hyde - ‘decayed’)
verb ‘decayed’ - symbolism of Hyde - evil does to man