1. THE STRANGE CASE OF
DR. JEKYLL AND MR.
HYDE
SETTING
1) FARISYA NAJEEHA BINTI ROSLINI
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2) NURNAJIHAH BINTI DZULKARNAIN
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3. DEFINITION
• The setting of the story is the environment where the story takes place.
• It is often includes a time period and specific location.
• Setting include where and what time of day individual scenes take place.
4. MAIN SETTING
• The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde takes place in London during
the late 1800s.
• It is considered the Victorian era.
• Stevenson chose the setting of central London in the late-nineteenth century
for various reasons such as Victorian London was a dark, gloomy city,
which adds to the ominous atmosphere and gothic elements.
6. SETTING: CHAPTER ONE
• Place: A busy quarter of London.
• Time: Three o’ clock in the black winter morning.
• Day: Sunday.
• Evidence:
1) Their way led them down a by-street in a busy quarter of London.
2) Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms….
3) ‘I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o’ clock
of a black winter morning….’
7. SETTING: CHAPTER TWO
• Place: Mr. Utterson’s bachelor house.
• Time: Evening.
• Day: Sunday.
• Evidence:
1) Mr. Utterson came home to his bachelor house….
2) That evening Mr. Utterson came home to his……
3) It was his custom of a Sunday, when this meal was over…
8. SETTING: CHAPTER THREE
• Place: Dr. Jekyll’s house.
• Time: Dinner.
• Day: A fortnight after Dr. Utterson left Dr. Jekyll’s house.
• Evidence:
1) A fortnight later, by excellent good fortune..
2) The doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies….
9. SETTING: CHAPTER FOUR
• Place: A river and the house near to it in London.
• Time: Eleven o’ clock at night.
• Day: A year later on 18th of October.
• Evidence:
1) Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18-, London was startled by a
crime….
2) A maid servant living alone in the house not far from the river, had gone up-
stairs to bed about eleven.
10. SETTING: CHAPTER FIVE
• Place: Dr. Jekyll’s laboratory.
• Time: Late in the afternoon.
• Day: 19th of October
• Evidence:
1) It was late in the afternoon, when Mr. Utterson found his way to Dr. Jekyll’s
door…
2) The building which was indifferently known as the laboratory or the…
11. SETTING: CHAPTER SIX
• Place: Dr. Jekyll’s house.
• Time: Dinner.
• Date: 8th of January.
• Evidence:
1) On the 8th of January, Utterson had dined at the doctor’s with a small party;
Lanyon had been there…
12. SETTING: CHAPTER SEVEN
• Place: Street in London in front of the door.
• Time: In the evening.
• Day: Sunday.
• Evidence:
1) It chanced on Sunday, when Mr. Utterson was on his usual walk with Mr. Enfield…
2) Once again through the by-street, and that when they came in front of the
door….
3) Although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset.
13. SETTING: CHAPTER EIGHT
• Place: Mr. Utterson’s house.
• Time: One evening after dinner.
• Day: A week later at the end of the October.
• Evidence:
1) Mr. Utterson was sitting by his fireside one evening after dinner.
2) ‘I’ve been afraid for about a week,’ returned Poole….
14. SETTING: CHAPTER NINE
• Place: Dr. Lanyon’s house.
• Time: One evening.
• Day: 9th of January.
• Evidence:
1) On the ninth of January, now four days ago…
2) I received by the evening delivery a registered envelope, addressed in the hand of
my collegue and old school-companion,…
15. SETTING: CHAPTER TEN
• Place: Across the court.
• Time: After breakfast.
• Day: Day forth before he always awaken as Hyde.
• Evidence:
1) I was stepping leisurely across the court after breakfast, drinking the chill of the
air….
2) From that day forth it seemed only by a great effort as of gymnastic….
3) If I slept or even dozed for a moment in my chair, it was always as Hyde that I
awakened.
