Our feelings and the evil that lies within us is closed up and locked within us. So then comes the question, is that hell? Do we all have an inner hell? Is it just waiting for the right key to expose our inner truths and breaks lose our inner demons?
The Bible tells us that death will ride in on a pale horse. Death is expressed as being one of Hell’s Horsemen.
Hell’s Horseman are War, Famine, Plague, and Death. The Bible tells us that these Horsemen carry the key to unlocking hell.
Throughout all of Jekyll and Hyde we see Jekyll losing who he is to his other self, Hyde. What is takes to get to the point of his inner hell breaking free is the Horsemen.
War-Jekyll is at constant battle with himself about whether or not to give into the pleasures of Hyde, and the rush power he feels when he acts out as him.
Famine-Famine is more than just a need for food. You can have famine for anything, love, companionship, or drugs. In Jekyll’s case, he has famine for the power he feels when he is Hyde. Almost animalistic, he tries to hold back from his one true desire.
Plague-After getting a taste of what it feels to be Hyde; he can’t stop craving the feeling. Just like an alcoholic disease, Jekyll knows he needs to stop craving the power of Hyde but he can’t be truly cured for his desire that aches through his entire body.
Death- After all the Horseman take turns at breaking down hell’s door, Jekyll is overpowered and that leads to his death. His inner demon, Hyde, is able to come out of the locked door that Jekyll tried desperately to put up.
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