jekyll and hyde

The book "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", by Robert Louis Stevenson gives weight to the argument that evil will always corrupt and destroy good. Dr. Jekyll, through his otherworldly experiments, discovers a way to separate his benevolent and malicious sides into two separate entities. In the course of doing this, Mr. Hyde, the physical representation of all that is twisted within him, begins to gain more of an anchor within the …

…grows and festers in the recesses of every human mind, subsisting off the little dirty secrets we refuse to admit even to ourselves. If one cannot learn to understand and embrace their dark nature, then one is destined to be controlled by it. Henry Jekyll learned this lesson the hard way, but we all have to face our Hydes' at one point in our lives, and just like Henry, it may just be too much.