“Stevenson presents Hyde as threatening through the use of violent language. When Hyde ‘trampled calmly’ over the child, the word ‘trampled’ shows he is very violent and doesn’t care about others. The adverb ‘calmly’ makes this worse because it shows he feels no remorse.”

Identifies the quotation. Makes a basic point about calm + violence. Doesn’t zoom into why ‘trampled’ specifically, or connect to Gothic convention.

“The juxtaposition of ‘trampled’ and ‘calmly’ is significant: violence is expected to be passionate, but Hyde’s indifference makes his threat more disturbing than any rage could. Stevenson presents him as something outside normal human emotional range — which connects to the Gothic convention of the uncanny.”

Makes a comparative analytical point. Connects to Gothic convention. Still needs a sharper word-level zoom on a specific word.

“The adverb ‘calmly’ is Stevenson’s most unsettling word choice: it positions Hyde not as an animal acting on instinct, but as a being for whom harm is entirely neutral — neither pleasurable nor disturbing. For a Victorian reader shaped by degeneracy theory, this is more frightening than any frenzy: Hyde lacks not restraint but the moral sense that defines the human entirely.”

Zooms into ‘calmly,’ unpacks its specific connotation, distinguishes it from the expected Gothic animal, and connects to Victorian context (degeneracy theory) — AO1, AO2, AO3 in one paragraph.