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A 3 page paper which explicates a passage from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and a passage from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” No additional sources cited.
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other a passage from Sir Arthur Conan Doyles "The Hound of the Baskervilles." The explication involves discussing their relationship to the novel as a whole, as well as the excerpts
use of such things as imagery and other elements. 2.5 pages on: Explicate briefly the passages below. They should be read not only in terms of their argument
(and the relation this bears to the work as a whole) but also in terms of the rhetorical strategies they employ (such as imagery, tone, address to the reader, punctuation,
vocabulary, the ordering and sound of words and phrases, etc.). Stevenson In the passage from Stevensons novel one line states, "That child
of Hell had nothing human; nothing lived in him but fear and hatred" (Stevenson 59). This presents the reader with an understanding of the primitive nature of the man, Mr.
Hyde. It is a very primal presentation and serves to truly offer up to the reader an understanding of the character. In doing this the reader understands the character more
in the novel, realizing he is very much a reflection of the most primal desires and needs of mankind perhaps. This is further embellished upon through the imagery presented a
few lines further on: "he...ventured on foot, attired in his misfitting clothes, an object marked out for observation, into the midst of the nocturnal passengers, these two base passions
raged within him like a tempest. He walked fast, hunted by his fears, chattering to himself, skulking through the less frequented thoroughfares, counting the minutes that still divided him
from midnight" (Stevenson 59). The imagery of passions and darkness, nighttime, misfitting clothes, and fear clearly offer a powerful imagery. But, the use of the words, in the
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