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• What does Jekyll’s house symbolize?

  His character and duality
• How does the “sense of strangeness” relate to Jekyll’s character?

  It reflects the duality of his nature
• What does the division of Jekyll’s house represent?

  His divided character and repressed desires
• What does the “blistered and distained” door indicate?

  Decay hidden from society
• How are the windows of Jekyll’s house described?

  Three dusty windows barred with iron
• What do the blacked-out windows represent?

  The suppressed unconscious part of Jekyll
• How is the laboratory described?

  A dingy windowless structure
• What does the description of the laboratory suggest?

  It suggests a sinister aspect of Jekyll
• What does “voluntary bondage” imply about Jekyll’s choices?

  He chooses to confine himself and hide
• How is London presented in the text?

  As a threatening place
• What does “a district of some city in a nightmare” suggest about Soho?

  It creates a nightmarish atmosphere
• How does the emptiness of the streets contribute to the atmosphere?

  It creates silence and mystery
• What literary device is used to describe the weather in London?

  Pathetic fallacy
• What do the “embattled vapours” suggest about London?

  Clandestine forces are at work
• What does the fog rolling over the city symbolize?

  Sinister forces of evil
• How do the dynamic metaphors enhance the description of London?

  They suggest hidden dangers and evil