On page 6 of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the narrator quoted "the clock of the neighboring church rang out the hour of twelve, when [Mr. Utterson] would go... gratefully to bed. On this night., however,as soon as the cloth was taken away, he took up a candle and went into his business room." To me, of course, this shows a little bit of historical elements by two things, one it was said in the text that the church next door rang it's huge clock at the hour of twelve and not many town churches have a huge clock, let alone the small wooden churches. So if you peice this together then you can conclude tis church was a tall and wide stone church that had a huge yet simple clock on it's tower. Also it was said that Mr. Uterrson picked up a candle and walked to bed. Now I am not completely sure if this is historical but it does tell us that there is no usable electricity so he used a candle to see at night. So I would say this dates the time in the book at about the mid 1800's.
This is only minor evidence to show that this novel is in past times but it is still imporant to us, the readers, to know when and where the story takes place. Also it is important because it really helps the reader visualise most event going on, along with the surroundings. Without all of this historical background and evidence it would be very hard to think of the surroundings. So you need to be let known of what period in time the novel or whatever you or someone else is reading to get a hold of that imagination and think of the surroundings and everything else.
Well, the book was written in 1886 I think,not quite in the middle but close enough. Nice connection. Personally I thought this was the hardest one to find, but you made me go "DUH GENESIS!"
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good job!
It's funny we both found a different quote about how they didn't use electricity.I did not know the exact time period the book took place, but I guess I was pretty close considering I was on the bridge of being vague when I said between 1800's and 1900's. I like your blog because it is interesting. I found myself literally trying to stop reading but couldn't refuse. I do think you should add an original title after "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Historical Context" though. Other than a few other minor flaws, like punctuation, you did a great job. I honestly can not find another error.
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