Author’s Note: As Jekyll and Hyde is coming to a close, I think the idea that people are enslaved by their own responsibilities was being portrayed. The carpenter that was breaking into Jekyll’s cabinet was having a hard time getting it open, but he had to do it. Opening the cabinet for Lanyon was his job and he was forced to fulfill it. In this short response I am writing about a lawyer whose client was a murderer. Even though the lawyer knew the murderer was guilty, he still had to do his job to try to prove him innocent. He was enslaved by his own responsibility which then caused the murderer to be let free.
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All was silent. The only noise was of the hushed breathing inside the courtroom. All were waiting to hear the verdict of the case. “Please be guilty, please be guilty,” were the only words running through her head. “Please be guilty, please be guilty.”
The judge nodded to the head police officer of the courtroom. At the approval, the officer opened the envelope containing the few words the court room was dying to hear. He glanced at the paper, than looked at the judge.
“We find the defendant not guilty.”
Her client grasped her hand. He leaned over and whispered something she wished she'd never have to hear. “We did it. You did it. With all your help, I got away with it.” He gave her a crooked smile which sent icy chills down her spine. Her face went white, her body numb. She let a murderer go free. The feeling left her stomach turning in tight little knots.
What could she do? She had to do her duty. Her job was to defend her clients if they were accused of any crime. The lawyer vowed she would have great trouble and have to do much damage; she was in despair. There was no way out if she played her cards right and managed to convince a jury that a guilty man was innocent. Unfortunatley, she succeeded. She wanted to tell them all the truth- her client was a murderer, but she couldn’t. She couldn’t do anything. Her hands were tied. All she could do was to go on to the next one, hoping that she wouldn’t have to do deal with the same situation again. The thought haunted her. She gathered her belongings and left the courtroom, never looking back.
This was a really cool way of portraying the idea of morals versus social responsibility - and this happens everyday. People's ethics are tested while at work and they struggle deciding which path to chose. I really can't find anything to change besides maybe improving some diction, but overall this was good!!
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