Robert Louis Stephenson's masterpiece, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) symbolizes Hyde as a representative of the specific Victorian anxieties. He is seen as the ugly, deformed, apelike, but also reflecting Victorian fears about Darwinian evolution theories of humanity's deform from ape, and fears the newly enfranchised working classes.

This essay will explore the function of the narrative which helps the readers to perceive the meaning of the narrative. It will do so in terms of the point of view, narrative voice as well as the structure of the narrative. Furthermore, the setting of the story will be another focus which exploits the generic convention which reflects the social anxiety behind the story at the time. I will examine the generic convention of the narrative as urban gothic, in association with the setting of the story, which creates the atmosphere of mystery. I will then demonstrate the structure...