Jekyll and Hyde 4

During my reading of the final chapter, I began to fully realize the background and reasons for the actions Jekyll took. The main thought I had was that Jekyll was seriously tempted and haunted by demons. Temptation is of the devil, and that was his main drive to further experimenting with the potion that turned him into Hyde. Not only was the temptation over-powering, but his desire for the knowledge of "what if" was driving him to drastic measures to test his boundaries and capabilities. Everyone suffers from temptations, but it's what we do about it that determines the outcome. We can choose to ignore it or indulge, but the difficulty brings people to lean towards giving in. It may be difficult to walk away from the things you want, but the reward is 100 times better than the temptation itself. Imagine if smokers had never tried a cigarette before. Imagine every single person that was tempted by smoking had simply walked away. The decrease in the amount of people dying from lung cancer would be astronomical. Families would never have lost a loved one, and citizens would never be suffering. Now imagine the same thing for alcoholics, and drug dealers. The world would be so different if we didn't give in to our temptations. It may be a difficult process, but if you overlook that and focus on the benefits? You would never think twice about saying "no". This is exactly what happened to Jekyll. He wanted to test his abilities, see what he was capable of. He wanted to know what would happen if he tried, and what would happen if it worked. The possibilities with having a double personality could be life-changing, and he just wanted a piece of it. But it's like eating cake. You just want a tiny sliver, but then it turns into a whole piece. That's fine, but now you've eaten the whole cake. Before you realize it, you're 400 pounds and still stuffing your face. Jekyll's experiment was successful, but it wasn't enough. He wanted the constant high of the victory, and it required a constant flow of drinking the potion. Before he realized it, temptation had completely taken over, and it literally killed him from the inside out. The desire for unnatural delight and knowledge can be strong, but the consequences are overpowering...I promise.