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"Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he has a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, he spoke with a huskily whispering and somewhat broken voice." .
Mr. Hyde is a good example of a horrific character, Mr. Hyde is described negatively, 'dwarfish', 'murderous' and 'pale', all of which create an inhuman image. Mr. Hyde's actions also make him a terrifying character.
"Next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot." .
Stevenson describes Hyde as a wild animal by calling him "ape-like", this immediately makes him sound evil and as if he isn't quite human. Stevenson uses vicious verbs like "trampling" to make the attack on his victim sound worse.
I will now compare how Stevenson makes the character of Mr. Fettes in "The Body Snatcher". Mr. Fettes is not as obviously horrific as My Hyde because he disguises his immoral activities by being a respectable student during the day, for example he had a position of reasonability in the medical school, although he enjoyed "blackguardly" activities at night. However, in "the Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" the evil is portrayed in Mr. Hydes physical description but in "The Body Snatcher" its just in the actions and dialogue of Mr. Fettes and MacFarlane. For example, Fettes receives a body of someone he recognizes and who he believes is murdered, however instead of reporting it to the police he decides to ignore the murder.
"He agreed to imitate MacFarlane; the body of the unfortunate girl was duly dissected, and no one remarked or appeared to recognize her.".
Fettes actions are horrific as leaving the body is disgusting as people should be told and should be dealt with, and he's committing a crime by keeping it a secret.
The main themes of "The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" contribute to the sense of horror because they are based on true things making it more believable.