Essays about Revenge

One cultural item that stood out from the reading was the strong sense of revenge among different chiefdoms and clans or even towards a mere stranger. For example, when the young monk urinated on Nalo, Japey suddenly became so violent and attacked the young monk. To the author, he saw the revenge necessary to assert…

In a galaxy far, far away, there is scene of a transformation of a couple. In Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, the viewers witness the birth and transformations of multiple people. Darth Vader has just been defeated by his old master and is laying burnt on the bank of the lava river while his…

Revenge is a common driving force in many novels, movies, and in this case, musical. The ideology of Sweeney Todd is pretty simple; Sweeney wants revenge on the Judge who sent him away to an unjust incarceration while the judge took his daughter as a part of the ward. Of course, there is has to…

Shakespeare’s The Tempest twists the common interpretation of power and authority in literature. Throughout the play, authority and hierarchy is not only a theme but a wanton desire that pervades the characters’ minds. There are many power relationships between characters that shift around in the play. Prospero, preoccupied with his magic, was overthrown by his…

Revenge is a dish best served cold. I was only 8 years old when my parents got burned alive.The guy was dressed in an all black suit. The suit was as sharp as a blade. I watched from the stairs as he drenched both of them in gasoline. As he walks out the door he…

A couple are bludgeoned to death by a contract killer, and their young son, Matthew Walker, left for dead. Matthew survives, and although his hearing is lost, he has gained a new sense which he refers to as “tracing”. Fast forward 7 years and Matthew, still haunted by the death of his parents, receives an…

What monster lurks in the dark? Is it a boogieman hiding under your bed or a ghoul waiting in the hallway? For Matthew Walker, it was an intruder armed with a baseball bat. The innocent nine-year-old wasn’t supposed to be home when he heard his parents’ screams as they were killed in their bed by…

Although we have progressed a lot in various walks of life still we could not learn basic humanity. People still find it amusing to hurt or abuse animals. We observe countless example on social media as well as how brutally some of us treat animals despite they never cause harm to us. Some people do…

“Why are some bent on avenging perceived wrongs, slight or significant, while others can just let it go?… But what is known is that nobody is above revenge. And rarely is it ever sweet”( Murphy). Revenge doesn’t always turn out the way the avenger want it to be, instead, it ends up hurting them (O’Shea)….

In the Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Poe shows the cold reality that an offended man will go to, happily upholding his dark family tradition and motto. Montresor murdered his friend Fortunato for a family value; no man will cross a Montresor without being punished. This tradition is a foil to Montresor, showing what he will…