In the beginning of the novel “the strange case of Dr Jekyll and me Hyde ” Jekyll (the main character) is describe very thouroly as a large, well -made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness. The author Stevenson describes him as well made because of the way Jekyll is dressed and the way he presents himself to people . Stevenson describes him as a smooth – faces man of fifty because he look quite young and healthy with a vibrant look to his face. He also appears to look quite shady and unsettling but yet he is still a very kind man.

utterson’s opinion of Hyde  is that he’s quite a gullible person because he thinks that Jekyll is getting blackmailed by Hyde . But little does utterson  know Jekyll and Hyde are the same exact person with two sides good and evil. So the fact that utterson sees Jekyll as being blackmailed shows how Jekyll is shown as being in conflict with himself . utterson tells Jekyll that he doesn’t like his “friends feverish manner”. This quotation shows that utterson thinks that Hyde is bad news to Jekyll and he is trying to warn him. Stevenson uses a language device in this quote called alliteration . Alliteration draws the attention of the reader to the line, it therefore emphasises the text in that line .

lanyon is so discusted my what he had seen Jekyll do that he dies from natural cause of shock and horror . Lanyon sat down and watch Jekyll transform from Hyde back to Jekyll just by drinking a potion. Lanyon was surprised at the self conflict the Jekyll had with his other side (Hyde) and it realy destutbed him .

stevenson uses the setting to describe Jekyll aswell by using the fog as an exaple of personification when he says that his eyes are foggy simply implying that his eyes sight is quite poor . Stevenson uses a range of figurative language devices in the Noval“Jekyll and Hyde “.  He uses the language feature personification in order to make explicit links between the setting and the characters . e . g but the wind was continually changing and routing theses embattled vapours. This tells us how sharply and agressive the wind was blowing.Personification is a literary device in which human attributes and qualities are given to nonhuman or inanimate objects.