setting

• "The door... was blistered and distained"

  • Language: Harsh adjectives like "blistered" and "distained" evoke decay and violence, reflecting Hyde's sinister presence.• Theme: The damaged exterior symbolises the hidden, corrupted self—Hyde is the physical embodiment of Jekyll's repressed darkness.• Context: Doors in the novella represent thresholds between public and private selves, reinforcing Victorian anxieties about hidden sin.
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  "The door... was blistered and distained"
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  "The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city."
• "The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city."

  • Language: The personification of fog "sleeping" and the metaphor of a "drowned city" evoke eerie stillness and suffocation, suggesting that truth is obscured.• Theme: The fog conceals more than just streets—it represents moral ambiguity and the secrets hidden within Jekyll's world.• Context: Victorian readers would recognise London's infamous fog as a literal and metaphorical veil, often used in Gothic fiction to symbolise confusion and deception.