In the novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, left many memoriable scenes from the chapter "Story of the Door". The character Mr. Utterson talks about a strange door which joggs his memory to the first memoriable moment of the story. When Mr. Hyde walked over the little girl, and left her there screaming, mostly demonstrated Hyde's true personality. Also, another memoriable scene is when the girl's family thought that Hyde could be blackmailing Dr. Jekyll. These are both examples of what was scene as evil during that time period.
This connects to the philosophy of what evil is seen as in society. The article,"The Philosophy of Good and Evil in Humanity" states that evil is what society's opinions are in life. The girl's parents found that Hyde's behavior towards his actions were rude, which was seen as evil in that society. Hyde was also seen as evil because he went against the teachings and opinions of what his peers thought of as honest behavior. From the article,"It [evil] has always been in the world, as a complement to good, and so it will remain." Which i can connect and predict to how Hyde will be around as long as there is good, or Jekyll.
I agree and I like how your reaction to "Story of the Door" is different from many others. Your opinion on good and evil was very different then I expected but it made a lot of sense.
ReplyDeleteAzia, I totally understand what you are saying here. The way society reacted to the thought of evil. I especially liked how you quoted and related your response to the pre reading article you read. Your last line in your response here is very true and opened my eyes wide to the true balance of good and evil in this chapter!!
ReplyDeleteAzia, I like what you wrote about the screaming girl who was knocked over by Mr.Hyde is basically a way of showing Mr. Hyde's true nature. Maybe, without this incident the people would have found about Mr.Hyde later, when it will be too late. When, the parents of the girl thought that Mr.Hyde is blackmailing Dr. Jekyll, its sort of normal for anyone to question both parties. However, later on in the chapters, I don't understand the reason why Dr. Jekyll is trying to cover up for Hyde and be on his side, instead of Mr. Utterson's
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