Cannot Bear Evil

Author's Note: This was another response to Jekyll and Hyde. The main point of the story is that everybody has a dark side. I wanted to go off a little bit on that idea. I wrote about how there is evil inside all of us, but the mind does not want to believe it. It puts us in denial and sometimes knowing evil is inside of us, is too much.

Cannot Bear Evil

            Evil within the soul exists. That simple sentence disturbs the mind, sends a screech through the ears. A sentence the mind refuses to fathom; fathoming the concept is too much to bear. The sentence sends a qualm feeling through the body. Visualizing the evil side of the human personality puts the mind into denial. The same situation applies to Dr. Jekyll in the novel, Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Jekyll encounters the evil Mr. Hyde, and cannot fathom the hideous personality that he possesses.

            In the midst of the mysterious case between Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll, Dr. Jekyll is overwhelmed by hideous personality that Mr. Hyde has. The criminal that has been wondering about the streets, Dr. Jekyll has seen. The ugliness of his appearance and the evil in his personality sends Dr. Jekyll into shock mode. He cannot bear the sight of Mr. Hyde. He says, “…I will never set eyes on him again. I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world. It is all at an end” (52). Mr. Hyde contains evil inside him. His appearance and personality is so hideous, it is too much to bear for the innocent. His personality is unfathomable. Society shapes our mind that good is all we see. For Dr. Jekyll to see pure evil gives him nightmares. Evil within the soul exists; we cannot bear evil.