Act Of Vengeance Analysis

Vengeance is a continuous mission for century, in a long run with the new generation, they were following order to have revenge but without knowing the reason why. If no one willing to stop and think it over and it is not worth the risk, then the vengeance will still be going for the cost of nothing. In the society, people do not realize that having to vengeance the deaths of a love one will take so much time and patience within their lives. In the short story, “An Act of Vengeance,” by Isabel Allende, the issue involves a young girl who get raped by Tadeo Cespedes, also murdered her father on the same day. She has lived her life in a burden of her father’s vengeance for 30 years waiting for the day to come. However, in the film, “Act of Vengeance,”
Dulce Rosa in the short story, lives in a small town of the villages, everything that happened in her life took place where she was born and raised (p.3-p.10). At the time, Dulce lives in civilian and soldiers war which Tadeo Cespedes was one of the man who avoid living in peace. He battled cross country to gain power and take controlled over to become the leadership for his own lust, who also caused Dulce father’s life. Although in the movie, according to Yenne, it was film in the time of peaceful with no country or civilian war involved. Frank Valera and his family had moved to a city in Bulgaria, Europe because of his job, and where fatal also happened caused his wife and daughters’ life. In the short story, Allende told the story start from the beginning to the end, but with the film, Florentine directed differently, he began when Frank found his first suspect, then flashback from the beginning of the movie show what happened, and why he was a crazy and violent
Both characters, Dulce Rosa Orellano and Frank Valera have the same burden and to complete the mission of having vengeance for the love ones that were murdered. In the way, they did complete their mission but not in the way they were desire planned. Unexpectedly, Dulce Rosa fell in love with the man that had changed from a drunker, and violent soldier to a powerful man with respect and controls justice, who also murdered her father and raped her 30 years ago. Dulce Rosa ended her own life of the shame that she could not keep the promise to her father, at the same time she does not harm the man she was in love, and leaving Tadeo living in the rest of his life miserable. Frank also completed the mission revenge for his wife and daughter but in the different way of his action. As a lawyer, Frank trusted the law and the justice fairly service, but in the case of his wife and daughter he was disappointed and his beliefs had gone different direction. With faith, a book title “Meditation” had lead and guild him to the right direction again. Frank found the killer and wanted to kill him but decided to let justice handle and punished the criminal, because he remembered the quote in the book said, “The best revenge is to be unlike your enemy,” killing his enemy will bring more revenge in the future. An act of vengeance must