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    This writing focuses on the character Roger Chillingworth, who is one of the main characters in the Scarlet Letter. Chillingworth is first introduced as a “white man, clad in a strange disarray of civilized clothing and savage costume” (“Scarlet Letter: Page 1365”). It goes on to describe him as a small old man who has a look of high intellect and a deformed body. Chillingworth plays a chilling and disturbing character throughout the book. He acts almost inhumanly, which one could note that even

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    Serenea by Ron Rash

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    In life there is jealousy and revenge with in all people. In the book Serena by Ron Rash many underlying conflicts are addressed but jealousy and what a person will do to overcome that jealousy prevails as it does throughout life. Throughout the book Ron Rash leads the reader down a windy path of what Serena will do in order to gain the power and to get back at the people who cost her the most. She uses death and many other vengeful techniques to scare away and hurt the people who have caused her

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    would you do for revenge? Would you seek it out till the end, or let karma handle fate? The vengeful, and sickening Chillingworth from Hawthorne’ Scarlet Letter, let revenge consume him, a character that shows this same character flaw, is Tom the cat, from Tom and Jerry. Tom is a very curious, and mischievous cat, whose only daily routine is to torment the innocent little mouse, Jerry. These two characters have three distinct resemblances, both spend most their lives seeking revenge on their fellow

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    The single most destructive force in this world is revenge. An immense amount of wars, murders, division, and hatred is due to the evil that is revenge. There are many famous forms of literature that discuss revenge. One is “Of Revenge” by Sir Francis Bacon. In this essay Bacon explains the evil of revenge and why it shouldn’t be taken. Also, down-playing revenge, Robert Kennedy gave a speech called “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” Immediately following the death of Dr. King, Kennedy pleads

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    they all have their own survival skills also have their own revenge plan .Beowulf fight for his people in the country;Grendel’s mother revenge for her son; Wiglaf fight for his King and loyalty; They all did really good revenge for their own people, for their family and for their loyalty.In the epic poem Beowulf, the idea of vengeance is exemplified through the actions of Beowulf, Grendel’s mother and Wiglaf. The first character did revenge is Beowulf.Beowulf begins with the story of Hrothgar and

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    “No trait is more justified than revenge in the right time and place” (Meir Kahane). In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare revenge is a prominent theme throughout. Revenge causes various characters to act blindly through their anger and emotion, rather than through reason. The desires of Hamlet, Laertes and Young Fortinbras each exhibit how the overall theme of Hamlet revolves around revenge. Hamlet must get revenge on Claudius for killing his father. Laertes must avenge his father and sister

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    (Abrams 32). Revenge is a trait that is reflcted as anger and emotion of the character. It is a trait of the character development. Revenge is the emotion of the character that is appeared by individual’s pain. Quoted by Julian Fitness in Journal Betrayal, Rejection, Revenge, and Forgiveness: An Interpersonal Script Approach, According to Jacoby, revenge is kind of mental illness (Fitness 12). Revenge will give the influence to the

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    brother, Claudius. Upon hearing this news, Hamlet acquires but one thought – revenge; after all, the man who young Hamlet had looked up to the most – his own father – had his life taken by family. When placed in a large position of authority where the whole country watches

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    Poe starts out with a man, by the name of Montresor, wanting revenge on another man, named Fortunato. Most of the story takes place deep in the Montresor family catacombs. As Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs, he chains Fortunato up to a small hole in a wall, bricks it over, and leaves Fortunato to die. Even through the traits of anger, hatred, and revenge, as the story progresses on, Montresor, the main character in “The Cask of Amontillado”, starts to show signs of feeling guilty for

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    Doubt Will Always Be There but Revenge is a Choice Revenge is considered to be the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands. This definition just scratches the true meaning of the word revenge. There is a series of doubts that can lead to revenge.This idea can be seen in many pieces of texts including the following poems. “A Poison Tree” by William Blake and “ A total stranger one black as night” by e.e. cummings both convey that when repressed anger

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