How to Avoid Feeling the Need for Revenge

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, readers can derive that revenge is only justified in certain situations. The narrator introduces the idea of bearing with Fortunato for a long time, “but when he ventured upon insult [he] vowed revenge” (Poe 1). The way that the narrator describes this situation makes it seem like his desire for revenge is justified. People normally seek to annoy those who bother them. Consequently, they will do something as an act of revenge to satisfy themselves. Revenge can be justified, but sometimes it goes a bit too far. While in the dungeon, the narrator forces Fortunato through a narrow niche and “began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche” (Poe). Now, the readers are aware

Although revenge may be well deserved in some cases, it usually only worsens relationships. Your family may not want to talk to you because they have seen a side of you that they do not like. Your children may also begin to follow in your footsteps because you are teaching them that it is ok to hurt people as long as they hurt you. For example if a parent took revenge by telling a lie to get a co-worker fired and their child heard about it they may do something similar. If someone had maybe embarrassed or hurt them in school they may lie to the teacher to get the student in trouble.

Do you think revenge is always misguided, or is it justified in some cases? In some cases I feel that revenge can be justified, but is usually caused by misguided care from the past. Although there are many instances where revenge is misguided, it can also be justified in some cases. The right or wrong opinion is always blind sides someone else’s side of the story which can sometime make it impossible to tell if the actions of revenge were justified or if they were a result of being misguided.

The word revenge is heard all over the news today. The news shows how people are trying to get revenge such as terrorist groups or individuals harming each other. However, even though the use of the word is frequent, not everyone has a clear understanding of what revenge clearly means. Revenge is defined as someone taking action to harm someone who has done something wrong to that certain person. Bryce Nelson the author of Revenge: Sweet, Universal and Self-Destructive: [Home Edition] stated: “As the victim contemplates revenge, he hopes desperately to overcome his feelings of impotence and to regain his former sense of self-worth” (Nelson 1). This article demonstrated how revenge was human nature by showing an example of someone getting revenge. The examples are demonstrated in definitions, characteristics, stories, and real-life events.

Revenge is the act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did something that hurt them. People have been getting revenge on others for thousands of years. People usually get revenge to regain power because when someone wrongs them they feel like power has been taken from them. Sometimes people like to go outside of the law to get revenge. This is because they feel like the law is not enough to give the person who wronged them the right amount of punishment for what they have done. “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath, “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, and “Cask of the Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe all show the things they or their characters would do to get revenge on the person that wronged them and the different ways they did it.

There are people who are set so much on revenge and anger and they don’t even think of forgiveness. In the story/movie “Hamlet” (by William Shakespeare) Hamlet’s father is kill by his own uncle Claudius. Hamlet had nothing else in his mind but to avenge his father’s death, not even forgiveness. He does soon get revenge, but at a price, he is also killed.

Although revenge seems the only logical action to take at the moment, it can seriously ruin your future if something drastic is done. The feeling of revenge can be a temporary relief from the reality of the situation. An article in the Chicago Tribune titled “Want revenge? Consider

Is revenge worth it? Is satisfaction an inevitable feeling when the deed is done? Revenge is useless and no one benefits from it. In Hamlet, all of the main characters died and in The Count of Monte Cristo, the Count regretted one of his plots. An unintentional tragedy had occurred in the Villefort household. The character Hamlet from the play, Hamlet by Shakespeare and Edmond Dantes from the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas demonstrate the idea that despite being unhealthy and causing destruction. Revenge is a natural human desire.

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.

Emotionally, however, we may resent the person for causing us pain or for leaving us. We feel guilty for being angry, and this makes us more angry.

Revenge is the action of inflicting hurt, or harm on someone.“There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This has called on me for revenge.” Chief Red Eagle and Chief Logan both wanted to keep their families, and homes safe, the native americans no longer wanted to feel like they were being ran by “ The white man.”

In today's society, the media often portrays revenge as an acceptable option. This is not outright stated, but rather implied. Characters often seem to think that revenge is the only way to get closure from a bad experience, and when this is acted on, negative consequences are not shown. Rarely is the fact that vengeance is hypocritical and wrong brought up. People need to wake up and realize that revenge is always hypocritical and illogical. As Christ said, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:7)

Introduction: Quote: “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind” - Mahatma Gandhi. Philosophical Statement: I think revenge should not be included in justice and punishments. Points are: It poses the enforcers of law as scary and mean instead of protecting guardians, It makes criminals angry instead of learning from mistakes (reformation), and Gandhi quote; taking revenge will only make bad things worse.

Taking revenge is one of the thing we are all relate to in our society today. At least sometime in our life we all wanted to get revenge on someone that had done us wrong or treat us unfairly. In the story “Of Revenge” the author Francis Bacon see revenge as unsatisfactory act. He said revenge means raking over the past rather than moving forward, and which can cause you problem in the future ahead of you. While in the story “He Becomes deeply and famously drunk” by Brady Udall.

To describe power and revenge seeking behavior in my own words. I think that revenge seeking behavior is when the student decides because they have been wronged and that you the teacher need to both know and pay for this hurt. The student does not care whether or not you are the one who hurt them and this pain may be perceived instead of factual . Power seeking behavior is when a student I believe wants to be the conductor of the class. Students who are seeking power want to show both their teacher and their classmates that they the student and not the teacher is in charge.