Emotions are what make us who we are in life and those that we create are the ones represented by the way we grew up. It is in the human nature to do wrong things and sin yet we can also have control. Control is a word lightly used in the world today, we control our lives yet sometimes we get so caught up in things that the control goes away and everything seems to slip by. In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide, there is symbolism that is shown and represents many important things in life. One good symbol is the door of which Mr. Utterson wants to go through and see what is on the other side. Control of our lives equals control of our future.
This door is a good metaphor, one that is used in life daily. For when we want to know something we say all you have to do is open the door and go into the other side. We are right on the doorstep waiting for someone to come along and open it for us yet we ourselves are too scared to. Mr. Utterson is under the impression that once he is able to open the “door” , he will discover the true mystery of who Mr. Hyde is and until that moment he is trying to get help along the way of learning so that he does not have to open that door.
Mr. Utterson feels uncontrolled in his life when he sees that Mr. Hyde walking at night creeping along. He is worried for Mr. Jekyll safety and does not stop to think that something else is going on here. The Symbolism of Good vs. Evil is showing that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are mysterious and with Mr. Utterson wanting to gain control of the problems going on he will try to do anything to stop the wheels from turning. We are broken in life until we gain control by slowing down and thinking things through so that we will not make so many mistakes as before. Caught up in our life until that moment shines through to us and we know that it is time.
I agree with your statement, "Control of our lives equals control of our future." But sometimes I think we need to let go of that control and just see where life takes us--Mr. Utterson should do that! Also, the metaphor you made between Mr. Utterson and door really strikes truth with our lives; all it takes to enter a new chapter is life is to open a door. Your first few sentences are a little confusing, but some commas could clean that up. Otherwise, I like the ideas you presented in the piece.
ReplyDeleteI agree with many and most of the ideas you presented here. I didn't think of the door as something Utterson wanted to get to, and I'm glad you had written about it, because I now have a different view of the symbol I otherwise would not appreciate. Some sentences did not flow perfectly, and I agree with Lian that some more punctuation could help.
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