The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Analyse the language in each chapter and its effectiveness, explore the gothic genre. Analyse the good and evil theme in the chapter when Carew is murdered.

What's clear from the discussion of Carew's murder is that evil cuts across class lines. In many cases a maid would not be listened to, but in the murder of a high class person like Carew, she is. That's one observation about evil from that section. Another is that Stevenson shows how evil is linked to the biological/the animalistic, and with transgressing social boundaries. To be specific, he writes the following: 

"The old gentleman took a step back with the air of one very much surprised and a trifle hurt; and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth. And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway. At the horror of these sights and sounds, the maid fainted."

The "ape-like" is a key phrase. This evil comes from man's animal nature.