The Importance of the House in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. H

The Importance of the House in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Steveson use the architecture of Dr. Jekylls augury really intelligently. The polarity can be regarded to be parallel to Dr. Jekylls double personality. Throughout the book, the raise lends itself as a powerful prop, by which it is possible for Dr. Jekyll to use his suffer even when he is in the form of Mr. Hyde. The house, like Dr. Jekyll, has a dark side. On the front side of the house, it seems to be an elite, upper class, respectable home. However, the rest of the house is quite the opposite. As the book described it discolored wall on the upper and bore in every feature the marks of prolonged and so did negligence. whence the back doorstep could be used by Mr. Hyde, with very few suspecting Mr. Hyde of having any connection to Dr. Jekyll. Steveson fit the architecture of the house into the story cleverly. The house supports Dr. Jekylls unavowed of b eing Mr. Hyde at times. The house symbolizes the double personality of its owner. Therefore Dr. Jekyll and his house have parallel purposeistics. We are introduced to the back door right at the beginning of the book. The door is said to be equipped with neither bell or knocker, was blistered and distained. Along with the introduction of the door is the introduction of Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hydes appearance is described as something displeasing, something right-down detestable. So right from the beginning, we are aware of Mr. Hydes connection with this mysterious door. Mr. Enfields story on page 2 gives a good understanding of the shady character of Mr. Hyde. A quote from the book that best describes this is The next thing was to get the money and where do you think he carried us but to that place with the door? whipped out a key, went in , and presently came back with the matter of ten pounds in gold and a cheque for the balance on Couttss, drawn account payable to bearer, and si gned with a name that I cant mention. But as the story progresses we learn that the house belongs to Dr. Jekyll. The fact that Dr. Jekyll is only seen in the front of the house, which is well furnish and respectable, brings about the contrasting features of the house. This is also a good time to note that this contradiction of the two sides of the house signifies that Dr. Jekyll is obviously hid... ...ekyll was a man, who had always followed the rules of society. He was a respectable man, and had never had any adventures. By becoming Mr. Hyde, with the help of his knowledge of science he was satisfying his evil side. But he could not totally forget about society. Although Dr. Jekylls reputation was still Copernican to him, and he becomes a hypocrite in the process, he found a way to hide his delusion and keep his reputation as it was. This is why he had to use his private and public identity the way he did. The house clearly caters to Dr. Jekylls double personality. Steveson us es the house as a prop throughout the book. The story never would have worked if the houses architecture was not like it was. It is almost too much of a give-away that the house was made in this way. But no reader if the book would realize this unless, it was thought about more, or studied. In conclusion, the house of Dr. Jekyll is much more important then one would think at the beginning of the book. If the architecture was not planned by Steveson the way it was, the story would not have been as good. Steveson used the house greatly to his advantage, and greatened the mystery of the novel.