Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It was a fine dry night; frost in the air; the streets as clean as a ballroom floor; the lamps, unshaken by any wind, drawing a regular pattern of light and shadow. By ten o’clock, when the shops were closed the by-street was very solitary and, in spite of the low growl of London from all round, very silent. Which detail from the excerpt best establishes the gothic setting?
“Very solitary” emphasizes how deserted and isolated the street is, creating an eerie mood associated with a Gothic setting. The other details describe the weather, the clean pavement, or the arrangement of the lamplight, but they do not suggest isolation as strongly.
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