article Effects of forgiveness therapy on anger‚ mood‚ and vulnerability to substance use among inpatient substance-dependent clients (Lin‚ Mack‚ Enright‚ Krahn‚ & Basking‚ 2004)‚ anger is the greatest deterrent for relapse in individuals who are trying to overcome substance-abuse addictions. A new approach to anger‚ forgiveness therapy‚ “posits that resentment and its accompanying anger are often justifiable responses to severe wrongs” (Lin et al.‚ 2004‚ p. 1115). Forgiveness when given and received
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Hamlet: Revenge or Scruples? Andrew Brian "’Vengeance is mine‚’ sayith the Lord". What does this mean? I believe what the Christians meant it to mean is that we‚ as humans‚ have no right to seek revenge‚ that only "the Lord" has the right to decide when to take revenge. We say this‚ but do we follow it? No‚ I think not. We all try to take revenge into our own hands‚ in one form or another. Revenge is one strong theme that holds throughout "Hamlet". We see Prince Hamlet try to execute a
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there are many characters who often have conflicts in their interactions. Sometimes these conflicts take place on a personal level and at other times they occur on a social level. There are many examples of revenge in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Madame Defarge takes revenge on Charles Darnay for the acts of his father and uncle. Madame Defarge¡¦s main reason for trying to have Darnay convicted is because she holds his family responsible for the death of her siblings. When talking
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Revenge and madness are two themes of English literature. The two themes are used in two excellent pieces of literature. In “Hamlet” and “Cask of Amontillado”‚ revenge and madness are the common themes. Although both themes are used in the novels‚ the motivation and thought behind the idea of revenge was different. Revenge causes the characters in Hamlet to act aimlessly through indignation and feeling‚ as opposed to through reason. It depends on the guideline of an eye for an eye. This activity
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Revenge is not the Jedi way Edmond Dantes‚ The Count of Monte Cristo‚ Sinbad the Sailor‚ Abbe Busoni‚ Lord Wilmore‚ throughout Edmond’s plot for revenge in The Count of Monte Cristo he has become many people and he has also learned that revenge brings suffering. In his blind hatred for the men that wronged him‚ Dantes fails to realize how his actions harm the innocent people connected to the lives of the wrongdoers. For example‚ when the count uses Benedetto to discredit Villefort and Villefort comes
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author uses a specific character whose power‚ revenge‚ and sadism creates one or more of the many in themes in the novel. He also finds pleasure in having and abusing his power over everyone else. This character is named Assef‚ and in my opinion‚ he is a is one of the most ruthless characters in this story. This character displays his sadistic personality‚ and finds pleasure in hurting others. To start with‚ Assef commences the theme of revenge through his interactions with Amir and Hassan
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Revenge‚ according to the online Oxford dictionary‚ is “the action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands.” To me‚ this is essentially what Robin Wood means when he talks about “the return of the repressed.” In horror films‚ the things we try to repress in society‚ like female sexuality and social outcasts‚ end up being the things that return seeking revenge on their suppressers. That is why it can be said that the repressed return in horror movies
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The responsibility of revenge on the perpetrator falls to Hamlet‚ since he believes his father was murdered. Hamlet learned the events that unfolded during his father’s murder in the garden from a ghost that claimed to be the spirit of King Hamlet. In both soliloquies‚ his desire and drive to kill Claudius is “prompted to [his] revenge by heaven and hell” (2.2.547). His thoughts of revenge derive from seeing his father’s thought to be spirit in purgatory. The ghost that visited Hamlet may be the
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murderous revenges that occur a total of three times. The retaliations are aggressive‚ horrendous‚ and not to mention insensitive to the individuals that were close to the late characters. Revenge is ruinous to everyone and anyone involved. The first sight of vengeance is when Tybalt slays Mercutio in a duel. Any mundane person would think Tybalt was simply angry and needed a fight‚ but really he was upset from Romeo tarnishing the Capulet feast because he was a Montague. Tybalt’s revenge for Romeo
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In “The Liar” by Tobias Wolff‚ the main character uses lies as a way of getting revenge on his mother‚ to make him feel better about his father’s death. James is trying to get revenge on his mother‚ because of her mistreatment and lack of presence throughout his childhood. The first time James realizes that his lies have had an effect on her is when he says‚ “She felt lonely in her confusion but didn’t call anyone because she also felt like a failure. My lying had that effect on her. She took it
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