‘trampled calmly’ - Society's expectations of gentlemanly behaviour has lead to Jekyll repressing his emotions, making Hyde appear almost psychopathic. , 'Satan's signature' - Victorian society had strong religious and moral beliefs, so implying that the devil has labelled Jekyll would help to imply he was not all that he seemed., 'clubbed him to the earth' - Victorian society saw itself as the epitome (peak) of sophistication and Hyde's primitive behaviour helps to remind readers that the animal side lies beneath the face of humanity. , 'something of a slyish cast' - Victorian society had clear expectations of how gentleman should be - educated and virtuous - but the first time we meet him, his anti-social side is just under the surface., 'sold a slave to my original evil' - Victorian society had strong beliefs about religion and original sin, and Stevenson might be implying that the potential of evil exists in all of us. , 'Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer' - Victorian society regarded lawyers as honest and dependable. The idea that Utterson might lie to protect Jeykll, shows the reader how gentlemen would keep each other's secrets, rather than telling the police., 'He had his death-warrant written legibly upon his face' - Victorian society still believed in the death penalty and this metaphor foreshadows Jekyll's death at the end of the novel. It would have been satisfying for readers to know he would be punished. ,

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