Revolutionist and political thinker Edmund Burke once said that “Writers . . . have great influence on the public mind”. Throughout human history, authors have had a huge impact on the minds of the young and old because of their ways of being able to evoke feelings into the reader. By doing this, writers are able to enhance the reader's experience of the book. One of the most famous examples of this type of writing is the great author by the name of Robert Louis Stevenson. In his writings, he is known to awaken emotions in his audience by the words he has written on the page. To do this, Stevenson uses the techniques of mood, figurative language, and the narrator to force the reader into a set of perceptions in order to further intensify the emotional fulfillment in his writings.
One of the most prominent techniques of influence Stevenson utilizes is his use of mood and setting in each chapter. In his novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson uses the mood to dictate the connotation the audience has for a character; for instance, how Stevenson associates impurity with Mr. Hyde, as opposed to the upper-class stature of Dr. Jekyll. In the chapter "Search For Hyde", during Utterson's first confrontation with Hyde, Hyde gives him his address located in Soho, which is described as, "The dismal quarter of Soho . . . a district of some city …show more content…
He accomplishes this in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by using the mood the create connotations towards characters, using the narrator to make the climax more impactful for the audience, and figurative language to evoke emotions in the reader. Although not all authors are tantamount to Robert Louis Stevenson in this writing style, writers everywhere should begin using these techniques to make the reading experience more pleasure for the
One of the most prominent techniques of influence Stevenson utilizes is his use of mood and setting in each chapter. In his novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson uses the mood to dictate the connotation the audience has for a character; for instance, how Stevenson associates impurity with Mr. Hyde, as opposed to the upper-class stature of Dr. Jekyll. In the chapter "Search For Hyde", during Utterson's first confrontation with Hyde, Hyde gives him his address located in Soho, which is described as, "The dismal quarter of Soho . . . a district of some city …show more content…
He accomplishes this in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by using the mood the create connotations towards characters, using the narrator to make the climax more impactful for the audience, and figurative language to evoke emotions in the reader. Although not all authors are tantamount to Robert Louis Stevenson in this writing style, writers everywhere should begin using these techniques to make the reading experience more pleasure for the