Redemptions is when someone redeems themselves from sin or wrong fullness and I believe that Dr. Jekyll committed a few errors however redeemed himself in chapter 10. In chapter 10, before Mr. Jekyll’s death and last time being Henry Jekyll, he writes a letter to his good friend Utterson, which explains his side of the story. Dr. Jekyll believed he had a bad side and was guilty of his dark side. He became curious about separating the two sides that everyone has: Good and evil. Dr. Jekyll mixed a few liquids and salt to create a potion and decided to drink it. Jekyll knew that drinking this potion meant that anything could have happened.    

When he drinks the potions in hopes of splitting his good and bad side, he ends up giving his dark side a form. His dark side is ruthless and is evil enough to trample over little girls, hurt an old friend, and murder innocent people. He went by the name of Mr. Hyde. Jekyll would drink a potion to get his dark side but over time he ended up losing control and Mr. Hyde would come out whenever he wanted. The more he transformed, Mr. Hyde would get strong and Dr. Jekyll would get weaker.   

The wrong that Mr. Jekyll has done was giving his suppressed dark side shape and form. By doing this he didn’t just risk himself but for others around him. When Hyde made his sins with no remorse, Mr. Jekyll suffers from the feeling of guilt and tries to redeem what his evil side did. Dr. Jekyll redeemed himself by getting rid of Hyde once and for all while sacrificing himself. In the end, Dr. Jekyll which is stuck in Hyde’s body drinks poison and is found on the floor. Overall, in this story, I believe there is a hidden message which is also known as allegory. The message is that we all have a good and bad side, the important thing is to never let our bad side take us over or else we will self-sabotage ourselves.