: “I am quite done with that person… whom I regard as dead

Cards (6)

  • poin
    lanyons rejection of jekyll demonstrate how personal morality can sever even the deepest of friendships
  • evidence
    the past participle verb "done" shoes lanyons refusal to forgive or reconcile sugfesting he sees jekylls actions as a betryal
  • evidence and anayliss
    the structure of the senttace comveys cold detachment
  • context
    victorian men were expected to sever ties with those who brought scandals so his reaction os socially typical but emotionally tragic
  • writers intention
    stevenson may be critisisinf the rigid morality of victorian society
  • readers impact
    reader feel the tragedy