Author’s Note:
After reading “Dr. Lanyons Narrative” I found that knowledge can be very harmful to life. Lanyon didn’t want to know what was going on with Jekyll, but once he found out, and gained knowledge of a horrifying thing occurring in his world. This motivated me to write about how harmful knowledge can be to us.
As children, we are unaware, oblivious, and innocent to all evil in the world. Suddenly, there is a point where we realize and recognize the corruptness of the world. What is it that kills our carefree, innocent childhood? Knowledge. Although it is arguably thought to be one of the greatest things in life, it is secretly knowledge that ruins life. Yes, knowledge is needed in the world, but without it the innocent childhood’s that we all miss would live on. It is knowledge that comes into our perfect little worlds and informs us of the evil that exists.
This whole concept may sound a bit childish, but it exists all throughout life, not just during our young years. When Lanyon has the opportunity to give Hyde the potion and walk away or watch him to see what he does with it, he is confronted with the importance of knowledge. Hyde tells him that if he chooses to gain the knowledge of the mysteries of Jekyll and Hyde he “shall so prefer to choose, a new province of knowledge and new avenues to fame and power shall be laid open, in this room, upon this instant; and sight shall be blasted by a prodigy to stagger the unbelief of Satan” (101). Lanyon is forced, if he chooses to gain the knowledge, to be exposed to evil things that he never could have imagined existed in the world. The same thing that happened with Lanyon is what happens all the time today; there is some sinful action that is unimaginable to a person, until the destructive knowledge notifies them of the real evil that occurs in our world.
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