Why People Seek Revenge
Why Do People Seek Revenge? “An Eye for an Eye” that's what most people say when it comes to revenge. People don't consider their decisions are right or wrong, all they think about is how to get their revenge with people that tend to harm them or humiliate them. It seems like a trigger that is waiting to be pulled, so when someone says or does something that is extremely upsetting it develops a tremendous desire to seek revenge. Revenge develops negative behavior toward others, that can lead to bad endings. Having that powerful feeling or temptation to seek revenge can be overwhelming, but does it solve the problem when someone finally achieves their desire to get even with someone? Revenge has a compelling way of taking control of someone's
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Montresor placed Fortunato in a small place where he chained him and started to build a wall of bricks around him. His revenge towards Fortunato had affected his emotions, he was blinded by his desire of taking his revenge from Fortunato. "I had fettered him to the granite. In its surface were two iron staples, distant from each other about two feet, horizontally. From one of these depended a short chain, from the other a padlock. Throwing the links about his waist, it was but the work of a few seconds to secure it" (Poe 212). Montresor had explained every detail of how he build up the wall in the story including what material he used, it seemed that he was proud of what he had accomplished. He was certainly sure that this what needs to be done, by seeking his revenge it would make him feel better because to Montresor it was a tremendous mistake for Fortunato to have insulted and humiliated him for so long. By the time the wall had reached his chest he paused for a moment because he felt tired and exhausted, but that didn't stop him. Montresor continued placing the rocks row by row until he reached that last one, he could still hear Fortunato's sad voice. Montresor says, "For a brief moment I hesitated – I trembled. Unsheathing my rapier, I began to grope with it about the recess; but the thought of an instant reassured me" (Poe
Montresor placed Fortunato in a small place where he chained him and started to build a wall of bricks around him. His revenge towards Fortunato had affected his emotions, he was blinded by his desire of taking his revenge from Fortunato. "I had fettered him to the granite. In its surface were two iron staples, distant from each other about two feet, horizontally. From one of these depended a short chain, from the other a padlock. Throwing the links about his waist, it was but the work of a few seconds to secure it" (Poe 212). Montresor had explained every detail of how he build up the wall in the story including what material he used, it seemed that he was proud of what he had accomplished. He was certainly sure that this what needs to be done, by seeking his revenge it would make him feel better because to Montresor it was a tremendous mistake for Fortunato to have insulted and humiliated him for so long. By the time the wall had reached his chest he paused for a moment because he felt tired and exhausted, but that didn't stop him. Montresor continued placing the rocks row by row until he reached that last one, he could still hear Fortunato's sad voice. Montresor says, "For a brief moment I hesitated – I trembled. Unsheathing my rapier, I began to grope with it about the recess; but the thought of an instant reassured me" (Poe