FORGIVENESS IS THE BEST REVENGE "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" is the strategy that shoots across our minds when the fire of revenge burns within us. Honourable judges‚ respected teachers and my dear friends. Today as I stand here‚ I would like to deviate from this often treaded path and say that forgiveness is the best revenge that we can inflict on our worst enemy. Forgiveness is that quality in a human being that separates him from the animals. It is often born out of the depths
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Revenge can be a poor choice we make when a friend‚ family member or even a common stranger does something we dislike. We all have an urge to revenge on people that do little or big things. For example someone takes your parking spot that you rightfully own or you have been waiting for. Yes we all have this burning sensation in our minds and we go off thinking to ourselves what could I have done to deserve this? and you plot up ideas on how to get the person back. This could also work on siblings
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and dropped them into the East Sea. She was determined to fill up the sea to revenge herself‚ to make it no longer capable of drowning others. Rain or shine‚ she never rested; summer or winter‚ she kept on working. Even now‚ she is still busying herself with her task.” What can we learn from the above Chinese story? Desire for revenge is ultimately pointless
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Revenge Many comparisons can be seen between Shakespeare’s novel The Tempest and the epic Beowulf. One of the strongest similarities is the idea of revenge. Shakespeare’s novel occurs basically in order for Prospero to have revenge on his enemies from usurping his dukedom. Beowulf’s original monster‚ Grendel‚ starts acting out less due to revenge and more out of pure frustration. His death though‚ causes his mother to act on revenge‚ killing one of Hrothgar’s trusted advisor‚ Aeschere‚ causing
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When Odysseus blinded Poseidon’s son‚ Poseidon wanted revenge on Odysseus. When Odysseus finally reached home‚ he and Telemachus made a plan to exact revenge on the suitors. And when the suitors’ families found out about the killings at the palace‚ they were full of vengeance and wanted to kill Odysseus. Obviously‚ vengeance is a huge part of The Odyssey. Many times in The Odyssey‚ Poseidon wanted revenge on Odysseus. For example‚ the first time Poseidon had a problem with Odysseus was after their
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Revenge is defined as a desire to do harm in return for a wrong. Revenge is an extremely powerful tool which‚ if not used properly‚ can cause people lives in danger. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet several of the characters were blind through anger and emotions due to the fact of revenge. Hamlet’s father was murdered. Hamlet wants to take revenge on Claudius because of his action of killing Hamlet’s father. Hamlet puts a lot of lives in danger due to his revenge. Laertes resolutely want to take revenge
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Revenge And Delay Found Within Hamlet The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare is one of his most influential tragedies telling the story of treachery‚ revenge and moral corruption. The play is about Prince Hamlet who seeks to exact revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering his King Hamlet‚ Claudius’s brother. Hamlet’s father then succeeds the throne and takes as his wife Gertrude‚ the old King’s Widow and Prince Hamlet’s father. “As doth well appear unit our state‚ But
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Revenge and Mercy in Titus Andronicus Mark Hardy 3/27/13 Revenge‚ it was a common theme among the plays‚ and works of literature published during Shakespeare’s time. It is only natural that it would be a topic that the writer himself would touch on. While not his most well-known play dealing with revenge the Tragedy of Titus Andronicus was likely Shakespeare’s earliest delve into the realm of the “revenge tragedy”. While the central plot of Titus revolves around revenge‚ and much of the time
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theme of revenge is a constant throughout the plot. Not only does it underlie almost every scene‚ but it also has a major effect on the story as a whole. Two of the main revenge plots within the play are Hamlet’s aim to avenge his father by killing his uncle‚ the king Claudius‚ and Laertes’ aim to avenge the murder of his father by killing Hamlet. These two revenge plots play a major role in presenting to the audience the theme of revenge. There are many reasons why Hamlet’s revenge plot is important
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The play Hamlet is a play about revenge. In the play Hamlet‚ it leads me to believe that revenge is not justified in any way. Because Claudius dies‚ Hamlet dies‚ Ophelia‚ Horatio all die at the end of the play. The first reason why the Hamlet play is proof that revenge is not justified. Hamlet is the main character of the play trying to figure out how to get revenge on Claudius. Claudius killed hamlets father by pouring poison in his father’s ear. In order to become the new king of Denmark. And
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