Is torture ever justified? This question response automatically comes the way one may perceive torture or defines torture’s meaning. In a number of dictionaries torture is defined as‚ “extreme pain; anguish of body or mind‚ or the act of inflicting excruciating pain‚ as punishment or revenge as a means of getting a confession for information”. In layman’s terms‚ torture is just sheer cruelty and in no way morally right‚ not permissible‚ or in no situation justified. Slavery would be a situation
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Revenge in Hamlet “Hamlet is the finest of all plays in the English revenge tradition” (Shakespeare‚ IV). The recurring theme in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet‚ is revenge‚ every character in this play wants revenge on someone else. Revenge in this play means murder. From the beginning right through until the end of the book‚ there are three instances where revenge is seen; the ghost of Hamlet senior wants revenge on Claudius‚ Hamlet wants revenge on Claudius and Laertes wants revenge
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story explores the destructive power of revenge and its consequences on the perpetrator and the victim. The main character‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ seeks revenge on his creation‚ the monster after it brings tragedy and destruction into his life. However‚ in his pursuit of vengeance‚ Victor untimely becomes the real monster‚ consumed by his hatred and guilt. The theme of revenge is evident throughout the novel‚ beginning with the monster’s desire for revenge against his creator. The monster is abandoned
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shows that everyone will experience revenge in their lifetime‚ even though sometimes it is unplanned. Hindley trying to kill Heathcliff shows that an ordinary man can commit be driven to spite his enemy . Heathcliff marrying Isabella to get revenge shows that some people plan their life around getting vengeance. Lastly‚ Heathcliff dying and his life work of keeping the estates from who the belong to fails displays that revenge can happen even if not planned. Revenge is clearly depicted throughout this
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Revenge and Betrayal in Hamlet The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare contains a good deal of symbolism and themes. The play Hamlet utilizes symbolism as well as themes of revenge and betrayal to create the main theme of death. The relation of the fundamentals of themes and symbolism helps capture the essence of the play. Hamlet is acquainted with important characters who somehow also include symbolism and importance of their role in the play as they represent corruption and death. The play unified
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Revenge is a particularly interesting concept‚ especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ revenge although is not just an abstract idea. When a man is insulted by a fool‚ the man becomes so angered that he vows revenge. The man (Montresor) leads the fool (Fortunato) into the depths of the wine vaults with the temptation of the amontillado. Fortunato becomes drunk and Montresor takes advantage
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Revenge without guilt – The complete and perfect scheme. (or Heaven Bound Hamlet) In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the intensely introspective character‚ Hamlet‚ purposely uses an internal dialogue and calculatingly waits and plots to cope with the moral issues‚ draw out his enemies and manipulate the situation to exact revenge without guilt‚ all while feigning madness. Shakespeare and his contemporaries were fascinated by madness. This fascination was perhaps connected to not being able to distinguish
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In the beginning of the novel... 1) Victor’s revenge in defying his father "But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents‚ and I continued to read with the greatest avidity." (page 25) Victor continued to read the books of natural philosophy by Cornelius Agrippa‚ in defiance of his father’s wishes. 2) Victor’s revenge in pursuing math and science "...I at once gave up my former occupations‚ set down natural history and
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dish best served cold: Analysis of Roger Chillingworth’s revenge in The Scarlet Letter It is possible for someone to become so consumed by revenge that his health suffers. He has been wronged by someone and believe in “tit for a tat”‚ so they choose getting even instead of forgiveness. This may seem like the easiest and fairest way to live life‚ but it can completely occupy lives and cloud judgment. Roger Chillingworth chose to take revenge on Dimmesdale (for the affair the minister had with his
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today’s world‚ there are a lot of people can’t tell the difference between getting justice and taking revenge; they think getting justice and taking revenge are the same things. In my opinion‚ there are several ways can tell the difference of them. First‚ getting justice is an action based on the rules of fairness‚ ethics‚ equality and law to bring harmony and closure to all people involved. Taking revenge is on the other hand. It refers to an action taken by an individual as a response to a wrong thing
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