Jekyll and Hyde 4

Authors Note: I wrote this about how easy it is to slip into evilness. I use Jekyll to show that even the most intelligent people can fall prey to the darkness within.

Jekyll and Hyde 4

Evil is a power we are all born with; the ability to do wrong; the thrill of doing a misdeed.  Many people can avoid the temptation, but for an unfortunate few, this evil is tasted and like a drug, is addicted to.  In the Novella Jekyll and Hyde, the balance between good and evil is portrayed, and explains that even the strongest willed person can fall prey to the grasping forces of evil.

            Dr. Jekyll finds himself in the balance when he plays with the dark side, but little does he know, that when the evil and darkness come out they wish to stay out.  Jekyll’s dual personality was known from the start of the novella, but the reason laid amiss and hidden from view.  It was later found that Jekyll had experimented to rid himself of the evil; the evil which every man inevitably has.  This experimentation lead to the evil splitting into another personality, which Jekyll came to know as Hyde.  In Hyde’s body Jekyll was impervious to morals and could do what every man thinks of doing; be evil; be the epitome of evil.  He tasted the grace of having power and enjoyed the idea of no consequences, but once he had a taste he could not turn away.  Like the fine alcohols which he consumed daily, he kept returning for more, and more, until it was too late.  Eventually Hyde grew too strong; too insane, and that’s when catastrophe struck.  The Murder of a man awoke Jekyll to the insanity of Hyde, but at that point the monster was unleashed and was not going to turn down.  Jekyll knew of his now inevitable down fall and feared it.  Darkness now clung to him like vine on cobblestone; it caressed him and held him prisoner.  He may have only wanted to dip his feet in, but now Jekyll was too deep into the darkness and was now being grasped and pulled down into the abyss.  His curiosity; man’s curiosity leads to the insanity seen today. And if an educated doctor with a sophisticated ken of human intellect can fall prey to the darkness, who’s to say no one can.