The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Stevenson’s Use of Setting

A concise and professionally structured resource exploring how setting is used to develop secrecy, repression and duality in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

This resource provides focused analysis of London, Jekyll’s divided house, the laboratory, cabinet, streets, doors, windows, fog and darkness. It examines how Stevenson turns setting into an active method of meaning, using physical places to reveal hidden moral conflict, social respectability and private corruption.

Key features:

• Clear analysis of setting as a key language, form and structure method in the novella
• Focus on London as a moral map, Jekyll’s house, the laboratory, cabinet, public streets and private interiors
• Exploration of fog, darkness, limited vision, doors, windows, barriers, locked rooms, secrecy, repression and duality
• Activities to reinforce and practise key concepts, including setting retrieval, London as a moral map, Jekyll’s house, fog and darkness, interiors, characterisation, structure, close analysis and creative symbolic writing
• Detailed answer key included for straightforward checking and review