"o god! o god!

• point

  Lanyon’s spiritual outcry after witnessing Hyde’s transformation marks his mental collapse and the horror of confronting unnatural truths.
• context

  Victorian feared the unknown and the unnatural. Scientific discoveries were beginning to challenge religious ideas, 
• evidence 1

  The exclamatory repetition mimics religious prayer or panic,
• evidence. 2

  The sudden use of religious language is ironic, given his earlier belief in rational science.
• evidnece. 3

  • The structure mirrors his breakdown, suggesting a complete dismantling of logic
• writers jntwntion

  Stevenson shows how exposure to hidden, unnatural knowledge can destroy even the most rational minds
• alternate interpretations

  This could imply that Lanyon is facing his own mortality and the limits of science,
• readers impact

  This evokes both fear and pity—Lanyon’s horror makes the supernatural transformation real and terrifying.