Read the excerpt from alex’s essay on the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde.

the theme "secrets isolate people from those around them” is repeated throughout the story. dr. jekyll isolates himself for mysterious reasons. then, dr. lanyon isolates himself because of something that happened between him and dr. jekyll that he won’t talk about.

in his essay, alex is analyzing the

climax of the story.
development of a theme.
background information in the exposition.
connection between theme and resolution.

The correct answer is B. The development of a theme

Explanation:

A literary analysis, which is the type of analysis Alex is writing is a type of academical paper in which the author discusses one or more aspects of a literary work, which in this case is "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. The aspects that can be analyzed include characters (people involve in the story), setting (context in which the story takes place), tone (attitude of the author towards the text) or plot (the main message that the text conveys to the audience).

Considering the story Alex is analyzing is about a scientist who finds the way to transform himself into a different person which makes other characters begin investigating the strange events around this and that Alex mentions "The theme 'Secrets isolate people from those around them' " which is the message the story transmit it can be concluded the excerpt from Alex' essay show Alex is analyzing the development of the theme as he mentions the message that the author wants to transmit the audience and the way this message is repeated in different situations during the story, which is the way the theme develops or changes in a literary work.

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