Considering Stevenson's subversion of Gothic setting in 'Jekyll and Hyde'
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I can trace Stevenson’s use of setting across the the novel, ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’.
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Stevenson takes the conventions of the Gothic genre and subverts them to make his fictional world seem even stranger
The key settings are Jekyll’s home, his laboratory and Hyde’s house.
The key settings contrast with each other which relates to the theme of duality.
The city of London is as divided as Jekyll himself.
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