Author’s Note – Throughout the whole novel, doors have been a constantly recurring motif and they seem to come up in critical points in the story such as when Utterson is breaking down the door to Jekyll’s laboratory.
We are all guilty of putting up barriers in our life, pushing people out of our life who care about us and isolating ourselves even further. We hide our true identity behind these barriers, hoping that the image we project can conceal our real feelings. Dr. Jekyll is as guilty of this as anybody else. Rather than confide his true feelings to somebody else, his inner rage builds and builds until it boils over and manifests itself as a separate being, Mr. Hyde. Jekyll builds up his barriers, and begins to alienate himself from his closest friends in order to conceal Hyde, and protect his image. Jekyll not only builds up his emotional barriers, but his physical barriers, transforming into Hyde only when he’s behind locked doors. Stevenson is showing us that barriers not only prevent us from forming new relationships, they destroy the ones that we already have.
We are all guilty of putting up barriers in our life, pushing people out of our life who care about us and isolating ourselves even further. We hide our true identity behind these barriers, hoping that the image we project can conceal our real feelings. Dr. Jekyll is as guilty of this as anybody else. Rather than confide his true feelings to somebody else, his inner rage builds and builds until it boils over and manifests itself as a separate being, Mr. Hyde. Jekyll builds up his barriers, and begins to alienate himself from his closest friends in order to conceal Hyde, and protect his image. Jekyll not only builds up his emotional barriers, but his physical barriers, transforming into Hyde only when he’s behind locked doors. Stevenson is showing us that barriers not only prevent us from forming new relationships, they destroy the ones that we already have.
i liked how you saw them as barriers and tools of isolation, instead of openings to new things as most people would see them.
ReplyDeleteI liked this because I do have agree that doors are definitely a reoccurring motif, and i found in very interesting. However, what quote or quotes were you inspired by in this? Other than that I think maybe if it was a little longer and elaborated it would enhance the piece. But what you have is really nice and well done!
ReplyDeleteYou know, Greg, kick this into gear for god's sake! How about some effort, yes? You lay back too much, still. Give some effort, take some risk, and extend yourself or be condemned to a life of mediocrity.
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Delete^Disagree. Thought it was pretty good Greg. Keep up the good work!
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