‘What!’ he thought. ‘Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer!’ And his blood ran cold in his veins.’ (Page 39)
This quote shows an effect on the reader’s mood that Utterson does not believe Jekyll at all, even though Utterson knows him very well. Utterson thinks that Jekyll is helping Hyde out of the way, the way that Jekyll responded to Utterson. Utterson also says that he is lying for a murderer, which it its not a right thing to do, for doing a favour for the murderer Hyde. This shows that Utterson is thinking that why is Jekyll helping out Hyde, why is he trying to hide Hyde for.
‘…And indeed he does not want my help; you do not know him as I do; he is safe, he is quite safe; mark my words, he will never more be heard of.’ (Page 35)
This quote proves that Jekyll is helping to lie for Hyde for murdering Sir Danvers. The effect on the reader’s mind will be why is Jekyll helping out the evil, why is Jekyll backing up Hyde? The reference to society and culture is that not to help out evil in its way. Hyde therefore unfavourable areas like Soho are hidden during the day. Hyde lives in terrible neighbourhood. Hyde lives in Soho were people during the day go to work, stay home and so on. During the night there are prostitution going on,
drug taking and violence.
‘...London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity, and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.’ (Page 29)
This quote proves that London is becoming worse when Hyde emerged form Jekyll. The effect on the reader mind will be that at the beginning when Stevenson introduces Jekyll, the author doesn’t intend to show London life during the night, how the Soho is running. When Stevenson introduces Hyde, the author shows that London day life during the night is an outrageous place to be, at that time of night. Prostitution will occur, violence will occur and other criminal offence will occur at Soho. So the reader mind will effect that the author is showing that the two sides of London between the balance of good and evil. The good things happen during the day when Jekyll is around. The bad things occur during the night when Hyde is around. The society and culture is that the streets during the night are very unpleasant place to be at. The tension between order and disorder is that Utterson is ordered and Jekyll pretends to be ordered. The lab is where order and disorder meet. London also embodies this contrast. Utterson offers Poole a glass of wine to calm him, Poole is terribly afraid he mutters about foul play once at Dr Jekyll house, he finds his servants all huddled. The two men go to the cabinet door and they hear a strange voice inside. Poole tells of notes thrown on the stairs asking for a pure drug. Poole admits that he has seen the strange creature ‘move a dwarf’.
‘Changed? Well, yes, I think so,’ said the buttler. ‘Have I been twenty years in this mans house, to be deceived about his voice?’ (Page 50)
This quote proves that even the butler knows about Jekyll pretending to be ordered, while Utterson is being ordered for questing for Hyde. Where they both being ordered and pretending to be ordered in the Lab. Both characters and locations have two sides. This will never change, first Stevenson shows that Jekyll was ordered, and when the story went on Hyde emerged from Jekyll now he is pretending to be ordered, to hide his facts about Hyde. Hyde is disordered during the night in London, where everything terrible goes around at night time. During the morning everything is hidden like Jekyll, he is pretending to be ordered.
‘In the morning before office hours, at noon when business was plenty and time scarce, at night under, the face of the fogged city moon, by all lights and at all hours of solitude or concourse, …’ (Page 20-21)
This quote proves that Stevenson is comparing London with Jekyll and Hyde. The effect on the reader’s mind will be that Victorian society represents predictable and unpredictable that show the balance of the two characters and London.
As Stevenson starts the story he creates adaptive environment. As the story develops, it begins with more about what real London society is like. The streets are described as rows of smiling women but this changes as Utterson becomes more aware of the darker nature.
‘Street after street, and all the folks asleep for a procession, and all as empty as a church.’ (Page 11)
This quote proves that at the beginning of the story Stevenson shows the environment, which is good describing the streets and the public people. Stevenson then shows Utterson side that Utterson is realising the real fact on the streets of London and the environment, which Utterson realising it is getting all-dark.
‘…the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming…’ (Page11)
This quote proves that, the side of Utterson is aware of the darker nature running through London, which Utterson sees a little man trampling over a girl. This shows the darker side of London. Jekyll windows are no longer clean but they were in the beginning of the story. The window was clean in the beginning because it was only Dr Jekyll living there, which everything was ok. It wasn’t clean at the end because Hyde came out from Jekyll and started to hide both of their features and probably of the fumes of the chemical when Dr Jekyll uses.
‘…three dusty windows bared with iron’ (Page 34)
This quote proves that Jekyll is now a prisoner in his own home. The environment is that Jekyll house is looking bad from other houses, which the people will think that he is hiding something because he put iron bars around his windows.
Victorian view sex, violence and sin as expected within society. Only some individuals can stand the darkness-maid fainted and Lanyon dies of shock. The maid fainted when Hyde murdered Sir Danvers while the maid was watching what happened during the night of the death of Sir Danvers.
‘At the horror of theses sights and sights and sounds, the maid fainted.’ (Page 30)
The effect on the reader’s mood will be that Victorian society should call the police when dark side is taking effect, not viewing the event of the murder of Sir Danvers. Lanyon dies of shock when watching Jekyll transforming into Hyde. Lanyon couldn’t bare to watch the darkness evolving from Jekyll and then dies of shock. Lanyon ends his letter by explaining how sickened he was and how he had to wrote the letter. This bought his death.
‘I feel that my days are numbered, and that I must die; …’ (Page 68)
This quote proves that Lanyon could not bare the situation that Jekyll is Hyde and Hyde is Jekyll. He was sickened that when he saw Jekyll transforming and he then realised he was Hyde an all.
This ends in a conclusion, Stevenson creates duality between London and the events and characters in Jekyll and Hyde between good and evil. Stevenson showed two characters Jekyll and Hyde to describe London in the way the society runs. London is played by two characters that runs by good and evil during the day or night. Although during the day everything is hidden no one can notice what is going on. While at the night allsorts are going on in the Victorian society. Stevenson used these two characters, for the events and atmosphere to represent the dual nature of society.
