• Constant references to cold – further links to evil/ hell
• “bible-word” – constant reference to religion and associations with religion
• Stevenson refers to London while Poole and Utterson wait for Hyde – by using a Geographical marker perhaps he is suggesting the drama/ issue at hand is not solely related to these characters, but affects the whole city.
• The description of the environment surrounding Hyde is at odds with our expectations: “quiet lamplight”  “papers neatly set forth on the business table” – insight into Hyde
• Who is responsible for killing Hyde? Utterson and Poole who violently forced their way in or Hyde? Contrasting environments – does this have a double meaning?
• Consider how Utterson and Poole treat Hyde and the surroundings – “All these they [Poole and Utterson] now thoroughly examined.” – so does society treat the ‘Hydes’ of the world.  – Repression
• “a copy of a pious work…with startling blasphemies” – this could be a metaphor for the contradiction of Victorian life. They live ‘ by the book/ religious book’ but yet have issues with and ‘scribble all over it’.
• Gabriel Utterson – angel name of ‘Gabriel’  - positive religious associations.
• “unworthy and unhappy” – This is how Jekyll signs off his suicide note – sums up the problems with Victorian society – that those who really looked at themselves were deeply unhappy and felt unworthy. It was a truly difficult time to be human, Victorian society was not humane. (self awareness)
• Hyde evokes in Lanyon: “disgustful curiosity”. Hyde represents what society has repressed. Oxymoron/Juxtaposition
• List to describe Hyde: “seizing, surprising and revolting” – society’s reaction to Hyde. List (AO2) analyse each word.
• WHAT DOES HYDE REPRESENT TO VICTORIAN  SOCIETY – repressed feelings/ evil/ darkness/ morbidity.