Authors note: Throughout chapters 5 and 7, Jekyll is left to suffer for the heinous acts that his doppelganger, Hyde, has committed. Jekyll really took on a Christ like persona accepting all of Hyde’s sins as his own and enduring that pain to preserve Hyde.
After the murder of Carew, Jekyll is locked away in his house hidden behind the red baize with the only light glimmering in from the three windows at the top of his home. Jekyll is slowly being drained of his own life—and he knows it. To signify his final days, he holds a dinner at his residence. With a toast of wine and talk of the murder, the group realized that there is a drowning fog, sinking down and smothering the city. Jekyll tells Lanyon that he is the chief of sinners and sufferers. Hyde is the sinner that Jekyll is responsible for, Hyde is the evil that makes Jekyll suffer, and he is the burden forcing Jekyll to sacrifice his own life for forgiveness. An act that is inscrutable to any other human, is only justified by reasons Jekyll will not release.
I think you did a great job of portraying your views on the novel so far, however I think you could have used more diction.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you compared Jekyll with Christ, it is an interesting connection that I'm not sure that a lot of people would have picked up on. It would have been better if you had tied more of that into your piece, but what you had was very good.
ReplyDeleteI really like this piece. I like the word choice that you used and I think that it flows nicely. Good job!
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