The Destruction of Desires “I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end” (54). The more someone tries not to think of a desire, the more the desire will take over their minds. Henry Jekyll wants to be able to do evil things without ruining his reputation. So, he turns into Mr. Hyde for the first time, which makes him feel satisfied. Over time he realizes what happens when he turns into Mr. Hyde and stops himself for a while. Only, he cannot stay away from turning and inevitably turns into Mr. Hyde. Eventually Dr. Jekyll turns into Mr. Hyde but cannot turn back to Dr. Jekyll, which makes Dr. Jekyll non-existent and conscious of all the bad that happened when he was Mr. Hyde. The archetypal theme of trying to repress a desire, but
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Hyde he does terrible actions. Dr. Jekyll knows the worst that could become when he attempts this “but the temptation of a discovery so singular and profound, at last overcame [his] suggestion of alarm” (44). Dr. Jekyll’s desire was forceful and he could not help trying to appease it. He wants so badly to be a new person, that he sees the risks and goes through with it anyway. Henry Jekyll became a new person for the glory of being someone that had made a fascinating discovery. His discovery was desirable only to himself. No one else had thought about it or they knew the risks that were included with it. Yet, Dr. Jekyll did not care because he wanted this badly and carelessly. When Dr. Jekyll turned into Mr. Hyde, he was “the evil side of [his] nature” and “was less robust and less developed than the good which [he] had just deposed” (44). Mr. Hyde was Dr. Jekyll’s desire, but the risk in all of this was the fact that Mr. Hyde was evil. Sometimes people’s dreams and wishes are not what they thought they would be. This was the case with Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde was sinister and hurt people. Dr. Jekyll’s desire was met, but most likely not the way he wanted it to be. The evilness inside Mr. Hyde made his pull even stronger on Dr. Jekyll. Once he started there was no way to stop. This whole time Dr. Jekyll is feeding his desire He is feeding Mr. Hyde —the malicious part of him. His desire to be someone else is always being met at this time. The dangers of withdrawing from his desire are not even thought of yet. If he stops turning into Mr. Hyde what could happen, what will happen. All of the what ifs are not answered and his desire is more dangerous than expected, when even in the beginning he knew it was already risky. People may appease desires, but they never know what will come of
Hyde he does terrible actions. Dr. Jekyll knows the worst that could become when he attempts this “but the temptation of a discovery so singular and profound, at last overcame [his] suggestion of alarm” (44). Dr. Jekyll’s desire was forceful and he could not help trying to appease it. He wants so badly to be a new person, that he sees the risks and goes through with it anyway. Henry Jekyll became a new person for the glory of being someone that had made a fascinating discovery. His discovery was desirable only to himself. No one else had thought about it or they knew the risks that were included with it. Yet, Dr. Jekyll did not care because he wanted this badly and carelessly. When Dr. Jekyll turned into Mr. Hyde, he was “the evil side of [his] nature” and “was less robust and less developed than the good which [he] had just deposed” (44). Mr. Hyde was Dr. Jekyll’s desire, but the risk in all of this was the fact that Mr. Hyde was evil. Sometimes people’s dreams and wishes are not what they thought they would be. This was the case with Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde was sinister and hurt people. Dr. Jekyll’s desire was met, but most likely not the way he wanted it to be. The evilness inside Mr. Hyde made his pull even stronger on Dr. Jekyll. Once he started there was no way to stop. This whole time Dr. Jekyll is feeding his desire He is feeding Mr. Hyde —the malicious part of him. His desire to be someone else is always being met at this time. The dangers of withdrawing from his desire are not even thought of yet. If he stops turning into Mr. Hyde what could happen, what will happen. All of the what ifs are not answered and his desire is more dangerous than expected, when even in the beginning he knew it was already risky. People may appease desires, but they never know what will come of