One characteristic of a Gothic setting is that it imprisons and possesses its occupants, and this is the case two-fold in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Jekyll's laboratory and living space meet this criteria, especially as his transformations into Hyde become unpredictable. London in the 1880s also serves as a Gothic setting, as Jekyll is imprisoned and possessed by his need to fulfill the social requirements for respectability in this time and place.
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