In the novel, Robert Louis Stevenson uses imagery to convey a dark mood. Saying, “with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim underfoot, and hailing down a storm of blows”(69). This quote describes Mr.Hyde absolutely obliterating an innocent many by trampling and beating him to death. It also uses imagery when it says, “Dr. Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes.”(66). This quote gives a description of Dr. Jekyll who …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He says, “Mr. Utterson never thought he’d seen that part of London so deserted”(88). This use of detail is very dark and escalates the mood in the novel. Another use of detail is when it says, “A purse and gold watch were found up on the victim”(49). This use of detail makes it feel as though the murderer was out for blood and not for money. The last way Robert Louis Stevenson uses details is when he says, “In many ways the two hands were identical: only differently sloped”(79) This quote is very dark because it may mean one note is fraudulent. Because the author of the book, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, used details, he created a dark mood.
That is how the author, Robert Louis Stevenson, used imagery, diction, and details in the novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, to convey a dark mood. He used imagery to illustrate the setting of Victorian London. He uses diction to intensify the story and escalate the mood to a dark and mysterious mood. He also uses details describe the mood in Victorian