Exploring Setting Symbolism in Jekyll and Hyde Mock Exam Feedback
Many students utilized quotes to analyze the setting and hidden meanings in the context of Jekyll and Hyde. This feedback suggests delving further into other parts of the novel for enhanced understanding, focusing on historical and social contexts and utilizing technical language for interpretation.
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Jekyll and Hyde Mock Exam feedback Plenty of students used quotes to explain the setting and the hidden meaning Good understanding of figurative language Even better if: You referred to another part in the story (not play) where the setting symbolised a character or theme AND You referred to the background of the novel (historical and social context)
Targets 1. Refer to other parts of the novel, not just the extract. 2. Make sure that you follow the Point Evidence Explanation structure. 3. Ensure that your point relates to the question. 4. Refer to the wider context (historical, social, cultural). 5. Try to use more technical language such as metaphor, simile, and personification in your explanation. 6. In the explanation try to comment on the effect of the writer s choice of language, exploring alternative interpretations where appropriate. 7. Shorten the length of chosen quotes. Embed them into your sentence instead.
Extract from a high grade answer Stevenson uses long complex sentences: Even on Sunday, when it veiled [ [ eye of the passenger . This multi-clausal sentence builds tension and almost results in readers feeling breathless from the extent of the description. Furthermore, this breathlessness generates mystery until the next paragraph where Mr. Hyde s door is described. Personally, I think this represents a self-conscious relationship between sentence form and content, as if the tense lengthy sentence masks something more secretive.
Extract from a high grade answer In the novel as a whole, setting is used to imply fear and mystery. For example, when the sky is metaphorically described as being covered up by the chocolate-coloured pall , this masks heaven . Stevenson powerfully creates the impression that all connections with God are blocked, we are no longer guided by him. Perhaps this is why Hyde, whose troglodytic demeanour has associations with Satan rather than God. For Victorian readers, their reactions to this would be extremely fearful, as most citizens were strict believers in ecclesiastical notions. If the heavens were obscured, God cannot be reached, thus resulting in inhumane catastrophe.
