Chapter 6

In Chapter 6 is when Hyde is wanted for money, thousands of pounds. In the Victorian Age 1,000 pounds was an immense amount of money. One pound alone was a fair amount of money, but 1,000 pounds was a gross amount of money to be awarded to one individual. This shows that the government was willing to pay that much because they did not want an murdering, creepy, scoundrel on the loose to interfere with the perfect society. They thought that if a mass of money was to be awarded it would motivate people to find Hyde. In present time we tend to do the same thing. If a murderer is found then we either get awarded cash or an honorable mention.

A word that was mentioned in the text that can seem confounding to a modern time reader is the word "cabinet". In this book they talk about Dr. Jekyll being in the cabinet up the stairs. A cabinet in the Victorian Age is just the upper room in the house. It is like our modern day upstairs or attic depending on what type of household you may have. Jekyll/Hyde picks this room to stay in because it is the most secluded and private of the house to be in.