The description of the murder of Sir Danvers Carew

• “Under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway. At the horror of these sights and sounds, the maid fainted”

  • “The maid fainted”=Typical of Victorian literature
  • The maid didn’t really faint, she was so excited about retelling the story of this murder
  • Stevenson is making fun of the traditions of the gothic, that female would’ve wanted
  • He also does this by making the description ridiculous
  • Stevenson is mocking the addiction to violence which he feels his female readers have
• “And many women of different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass”

  • From when Utterson visited SOHO, and he described the women
  • Women=Stepping out to drink gin in the morning-Alcoholics
  • Utterson is suggesting all women in SOHO are like this
  • Use of humour
• “An ivory faced and silvery haired old woman opened the door. She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent”

  • Description of Hydes housekeeper
  • Woman is linked to hypocrisy
  • Stevenson is saying the women are like the men
  • Women have excellent manners on the outside, like Jekyll
  • However, on the inside, they are evil like Hyde
  • The difference between men and women though is that women’s evilness is seen on their face. However, Jekylls evilness cannot be seen on his face, only on Hydes