Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Class Assignment - Quickwrite - Villains

I think out of all stories, villains are very important. They are what bring the story to a climax. One of my favorite villains is Edward Hyde, the villain inside the book 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'. I think he is an exceptional villain, because technically, he is the protagonist at the same time. Hyde represents all the evil and wild side of Jekyll. Also, I like the way the author, Robert Louis Stevenson, shows that Hyde is smaller than Jekyll because the evil side in humans are smaller than the good side. Another reason I like the villain is because the antagonist defeats the protagonist. Hyde, in the end, 'kills' Jekyll, because Jekyll could not control his wild side anymore. Although Hyde is a horrendous monster, I think there is a part of 'Hyde' in every one of us. There is a wild side of everyone that wants to break free. And eventually, if we are not careful, we could turn into a 'Hyde'. Because in the end, no matter how much "potion" we take, we will not be able to overcome it, because by then it will be too late.

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