begins as a love story‚ with a Duchess who marries beneath her class‚ and ends as a nightmarish tragedy as her two brothers exact their revenge‚ destroying themselves in the process. The play is sometimes ridiculed by modern critics for the excessive violence and horror in its later scenes. But the violence and horror scenes give it the touch it needs to be a revenge tragedy. The Cardinal and Ferdinand‚ the brothers of the Duchess‚ are very much against their sister’s re-marriage. Ferdinand urges
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(The Count of Monte Cristo) sets out to get revenge on his enemies‚ according to his success in getting his revenge‚ the reader would infer that the author supported his decision to seek revenge. In the beginning Edmond is thrown into jail and there he begins to plan his revenge‚ with the help of his mentor Abbe faria.”Father‚ beware our revenge will be terrible after we take it.”(Dumas 74) this quotes foreshadows the actual outcome of all the revenge the count has set out for. Fernand mondego is
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If revenge occurs‚ things will end up badly due to the consequences of revenge. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ two families‚ the Capulets and the Montagues‚ have a family feud. During the feud‚ Romeo and Juliet fall in love despite being enemies‚ arising many conflicts. In the end‚ revenge results in both Romeo and Juliet being dead due to Romeo’s actions. In this play‚ Shakespeare is suggesting that revenge may seem like a good option‚ but it will hurt others and end badly. Through
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In life‚ emotions can act as motivators for courses of action‚ particularly the feelings of fear‚ guilt and revenge. Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible shows these themes put to use on a number of occasions. The play’s numerous characters and relationships provide a plethora of examples where the themes are employed. It is through their actions that their emotions and motives are revealed‚ aiding us in understanding the measures they’ve taken. Fear can drive people to actions of cowardice and dishonesty
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Revenge and Violence Then and now "There are four basic human needs; food‚ sleep‚ sex and revenge." — Banksy Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is set in a time when revenge and violence were very common. We live today in what some would say‚ are very violent times. The reasons that people seek revenge and why they commit violence has not changed a lot in 500 years. Some reasons why people commit violence is for superiority‚ injustice‚ vulnerability‚ distrust and hopelessness. A good
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What is revenge and why do we seek it ? In Shakespeare Hamlet revenge triggers the characters to act blindly and be driven by their emotions. Driven by their madness and plotting to avenge the death of their fathers ‚ Laertes and Hamlet forgot to reason with themselves. Shakespeare uses revenge as major part in the play. Within the play few people want revenge on the someone else. Hamlet seeks revenge on the current king of Denmark‚his uncle‚who has killed Hamlet’s father. For Claudius to
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Over the ages‚ the play “Hamlet” has been interpreted through many different themes. In the play‚ we learn that revenge does not always lead to its expected outcome. Throughout the play‚ several people seek revenge: Hamlet and Laertes. Each of these characters felt the need to avenge their father’s death in order to fulfill the honor and restoring it to their family. Although they were all similar in class‚ age‚ and ambition‚ they each have a characteristic that show how they took action in vengeance
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In William Shakespeare’s‚ Julius Caesar‚ revenge becomes a major theme between the conspirators and Antony. During an ongoing battle between Caesar’s men and the conspirators‚ many plans are discussed to end Caesar’s life. On the ides of March‚ the conspirators stab and kill Caesar. Antony‚ who is a one of Caesar’s closest men‚ vows to avenge Caesar’s death by taking down Brutus and the other conspirators. The plebeians and Antony then turn to violence and rise up against what they believe to be
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Hamlet’s Act of Revenge The act of revenge is often regarded as a deed of positive justice that serves to restore balance in the respectable order of nature‚ and is therefore not portrayed as an act of evil‚ but rather as that of a brilliant return. Likewise‚ a general reading of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ is understood to be about a young prince’s attempt to restore balance in nature by avenging his father’s murder at the hands of his uncle. When one gets into the textual context of Hamlet’s
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experiences and interactions to exemplify the theme of social injustices governing the perception and status of women‚ and how this incorrect and bias view will lead to the eventual downfall of the patriarchy‚ the oppressors in power. Medea boldly takes revenge against Jason‚ to the extent of bringing substantial grief upon herself‚ in a society in which the social norm is to regard women as beneath men‚ as weak and gentle beings‚ and constantly subject them to double standards and clear bias in the arguments
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