A Story Of Revenge And A Moral Lesson At The End Of The Short Story

Let’s examine the short story of “Killings” by Andre Dubus. The story begins on a warm August day with the burial of Matt and Ruth Fowler’s youngest son Frank. Frank was only twenty-one: “twenty-one years, eight months, and four days” (Dubus, “Killings” 107). Attending the funeral were Matt, his wife Ruth, their eldest son Steve, his wife, their middle daughter Cathleen and her husband. Frank was buried in a cemetery on a hill in Massachusetts overlooking the Merrimack. Across from the cemetery is an “apple orchard with symmetrically planted trees going up a hill” (107), a symbol of how nice and serene the cemetery actually is and the peace Frank now has. Matt’s family is extremely distraught over the murder of their youngest

Imagine that you have lost a close friend due to someone’s careless actions. What would you do? Would you seek revenge or would you let the person justify his actions? In A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens one of the main themes is revenge and it is clear when many character seek revenge towards their peers. Of all of the themes in the novel revenge seems to be by far the most powerful with how it continually expands the drama encompasses the townspeople, and the ultimate outcome of the novel. No one quite understands whether revenge is a noble pursuit or not, for the one who is wronged it makes sense to enact revenge; however, the lengths that those who seek revenge go to may not appear as ethical to other people.

News article, “Revenge and the people who seek it” written by Michael Price explores an in-depth perspective on the concept of revenge and how it effects people. Revenge is used in a variety of different ways. It can be used to, find personal satisfaction, show dominance, or a way of keeping order. People seek revenge for different reasons depending on their culture. However, most of the time people motivated by power tend to be more vengeful. Revenge can often times be confused with catharsis. An experiment conducted by Kevin Carlsmith, a social psychologist, resulted in showing that revenge seems to be sweet and relieving, but in the end it does not solve any problems and you end up feeling worse.

Revenge is “the act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs” (Oxford) It’s also “a natural human tendency when an act of wrong is committed against a person” (Word reference) the emotional nature of revenge makes everything unpredictable, changeable and mortal. Madame Defarge is a prime example of the hatred and anger toward the aristocracy, she suffers at the hands of the aristocracy, particularly the Evermonde because of the invading of her sister and mother by the brothers Evrémonde, and her father died of grief. Her brother was killed trying to avenge his sister's honor. She becomes in a great depression, she loses her family and her happiest life, so she recognizes that she has to play a big part in the revolutionary attempts

Revenge is an urge that one might seek to feed after their sister cleans the toilet with their toothbrush. As the saying goes, “Revenge is a dish best served cold”. In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens prolongs the theme of revenge, as it develops throughout the entirety of the novel. As tensions arose between the aristocrats and peasants, the French Revolution was born. Sixty years later, Charles Dickens addresses the war through through the stark revenge among the people, which is demonstrated by many characters. As the novel progresses, the reader is exposed to the strong desire of revenge from Madame Defarge, who is the embodiment of the pure

Revenge grows and festers off of resentment and rage. Revenge is an illness that is very contagious. Revenge can take over a person’s life and end in heartbreak and misery. Revenge hurts people as well as their love ones. Revenge will always end in unhappiness unless one learns that revenge is nothing more than a dead end. Revenge does not solve any answers and will not make any person any happier than before. This theme of revenge is shown numerous times in the story Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens. In the novel, many bitter souls seek revenge as the answer to their problems. Characters commit crimes, hurt other because of selfish

Revenge is a centerpiece of most conflicts within literature. In The Oresteia, All the King’s Men, and The Aeneid, there are three modes through which revenge can be exacted: premeditated dishonorable revenge, premeditated honorable revenge, and unplanned agitated revenge. These sometimes violent acts of emotion can reveal the purpose of a character as well as the role the character plays in either developing or resolving the many conflicts present within his story.

The single most destructive force in this world is revenge. An immense amount of wars, murders, division, and hatred is due to the evil that is revenge. There are many famous forms of literature that discuss revenge. One is “Of Revenge” by Sir Francis Bacon. In this essay Bacon explains the evil of revenge and why it shouldn’t be taken. Also, down-playing revenge, Robert Kennedy gave a speech called “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” Immediately following the death of Dr. King, Kennedy pleads with the African American community and America to forgive this offense instead of taking revenge for King’s murder. The final piece of media that discusses revenge does it in a different manor. Edgar Allen Poe writes about revenge in a short story called “The Cask of Amontillado.” The plot of this story is that of a man named Montresor desperately seeks revenge upon a colleague and eventually murders him by trapping him in catacombs deep underground. No matter what the circumstances, revenge should never be taken because men become controlled and destroyed by revenge, and revenge creates division among people.

Revenge as a theme is cleverly built upon throughout Hamlet; with it being the driving force behind three of the key characters in the play. Revenge is a frighteningly vicious emotion, which causes people to act blindly and without reason. In Poe’s, “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor enacts revenge for reasons unknown. Hamlet in contrast, has all the motive in the world to complete his task; yet he constantly hesitates. The text reveals that the need for revenge creates a stranglehold on the genuine emotions, thoughts, and actions of three characters: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Laertes; son of Polonius, and Fortinbras; Prince of Norway. This hold makes the characters act beyond their standard ethical positions and makes them helpless to

How often have you seen a film, show, or book have a protagonist who was wronged, then goes on a rampage claiming that they were seeking justice? The main character claims to seek justice when all they are doing is trying to claim revenge. Revenge and justice are two words of completely different meanings and yet are constantly confused for each other. A common question that is asked by people these days is “what is the difference between justice and revenge”? There are many aspects besides the definition of the words that show how different they are, however the strongest answers come from inside a person. In order to find an answer to this question we must look at how each of these words affect people who could be involved. When it comes to people that are looking to gain justice or revenge a big factor that tells what they are looking at a person’s state of mind. A person who is looking for revenge then they will have an irrational state of mind, while a person seeking justice will keep a rational state. However in these irrational states it is common for a person to called their revenge driven actions justice in hopes of making their actions seem right to the public.

Kalvin finds himself sitting alone at lunch once again. He kept to himself and no one knew what was going on in his distorted mind. All Kalvin does these days is stare into the deep black hole that his computer is. Kalvin has been doing research for a while now. He is sick of the ridicule, sick of the bullying, and sick of the pain that his high school experience is. It is time for him to get his revenge.

The Golden Globe nominated television show Revenge, debuted in 2010. Revenge was produced and created by Mike Kelly. The drama television series is about Emily Thorne who is really Amanda Clarke, whose father was framed for treason when she was a little girl. After a lengthy trial, he was imprisoned for life, and was murdered in prison by the agents who framed him. She has now returned to the Hamptons as an adult to get revenge on those who wronged her father. Not only is Revenge entertaining it also pushes the norm to see how far you will go for someone you love.

“Revenge is a dish best served cold”, and is seen throughout the novel A Tale of Two Cities. In the novel the author, Charles Dickens writes about the events occurring in two extremely different cities during the French Revolution which are in this case London and Paris. Charles includes many different themes in this novel and shows them through characters, actions, and symbols. The reader sees revenge through the symbol of the knitted scarf with names embedded into it, Gaspards actions, and Madame Defarge. One of the main themes portrayed in this novel is revenge and is seen constantly throughout the book.

If you succeed in cheating someone, don’t think that person is a fool, they might be smarter than you think. In the story Bargain, A. B. Guthrie, Jr. illustrates that a deceitful and dishonest lifestyle can be deadly. Using what he knows to be true about Slade, Mr. Baumer outsmarts him and ends his cunning ways.

INTRODUCTION: Revenge has long been considered a force of retaliation upon a sudden impact in someones life. Many American’s react in a violent and cruel kind of means to situations which don’t go their way.