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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Revenge
Explore either a) the effects of revenge on an individual, in a real or hypothetical situation, or b) the effectiveness of revenge, i.e. Does it actually make you “feel better?”
Revenge is a very interesting topic. It shows how a person truely is and what they are like without the mask that they usually have on. It reveals their true identity, and whether they are a good person or not. Also, revenge shows what kind of relationship you have with that person. If you are continually trying to get back at a person, then you don't have a good relationship with them. You need to find a solution and work it out. That will not only show the good relationship you have with a person, but the "good" in you will show also. You will show more self-control if you learn to control your feelings and not just get revenge. Revenge may look like it will relieve the stress or anger that you have, but it can be decieving. It doesn't help to get back at someone. Revenge is a quick decision that people decide on way too quickly. They don't stop to think, will this affect the person? Will it affect me? They rush into it with a blind rage, and don't think about the consequences. Revenge shows a lot about a person's true character, and their good, or bad nature.
Revenge can make you feel many things. It can make you feel hated, it can make you feel a sense of accomplishment, and it can also make you feel like you just make the biggest mistake of your life. However; in my opinion revenge has a process to it. In the beginning, before you have your revenge on someone or something, you tend to feel much anger and hatred. You have the will and desire to have revenge. Then, once you have had your revenge, you feel accomplished and that your job is done. Suddenly, once your deed has soaked in, you feel like you have just done something completely wrong, or that it was a big mistake and you start hating yourself for it. Therefore; revenge has many affects on the person who is committing it, but it also has a big affect on the victim. It can hurt them physically and emotionally. It can cause one to think differently about themselves and others. It can really toy with people's emotions and actions. Revenge is no way to settle anything out, because it ends up hurting the people on both ends of the situation.
The plot line of countless stories revolve around revenge. Revenge often can drive a person to commit an action that they end up regretting. Although it is often used as a tool to get back at someone you despise, it may end up hurting you. People often strive for revenge; it is in human nature. It is often spur of the moment, a reaction to your strong and powerful feelings of hatred or embarrassment. Other times, as shown through "The Cask of Amontillado" it is complex and well thought out, but this doesn't verify the actions as moral.
As I mentioned above, revenge in most to all cases ends up hurting the person who seeks it. With a collage of emotions coursing through your veins, revenge overpowers what we know is ethical. Revenge often blindfolds our morals and hides them deep down; triggering feelings of remorse and regret when the deed is done. People have to realize to stop and think things through rather than become a victim of the powerfully influence concept of revenge. We humans can be controlled by revenge, it becoming a major aspect of our lives. Instead, we need to switch of point of views and imagine what might change after it. Honestly, most of us feel horrible after successfully carrying out revenge rather than the much anticipated feeling of pride and accomplishment. In summation, be the better person and don't let revenge control you.
The meaning of revenge is to cause harm to someone who caused you harm. Some people think that revenge is good, it's not. I know whenever I try to get back at someone in a mean way I always feel bad for doing it. It takes someone who doesn't care about anyone to "feel batter" after getting back at someone.
Revenge always comes back to haunt you. If you get someone back then they will want to get you back and it will keep going until it gets out of control. Another example of why revenge is bad is because you sometimes you can hurt the person more than they hurt you.
Revenge in "The Cask of Amontillado" Montresor went to the extreme with his revenge. For his revenge he killed his friend Fortunato. Montresor's reason for his revenge is that he claims that Fortunato insulted him too many times. So, he decided to kill him. In this case the revenge went too far and it ended up hurting the other person more than it hurt Montresor. Revenge can be bad even if people say it makes you feel better.
-The moonless sky shrouds Alan in a dark veil of mist, hiding his carefully planned advances. He relies purely on instinct and memory to navigate the tricky labyrinth of intersecting trails. He clutches his side, as if to hold in his damaged pride, the pride crippled by the grotesque deeds of Ian but one month ago. The words still echoed within his ears, constantly tormenting him, reminding him of what had happened, of what Ian had done. Alan had to redeem his dignity, and he could not afford to waiver in his resolve, for the stakes were high. As he reached his destination - a long rope bridge that connected a high ocean plateau to the mainland - he unloaded a sign and plowed it into the ground on the other side. Then he crossed back, and proceeded to cut the first rope. The bridge twisted to the side, becoming uncrossable, but remained it up. Alan proceeded to come back to this location every day for 10 years, and the bridge remained in its impassable state, while still managing to stay up. ____ -The sign read: Do you trust me now? If so, cut the other rope, then I’ll rescue you... The bridge stands to this day. ____ -In this hypothetical situation, the character Alan is hurt in an unmentioned way by Ian. Although the actual offense is omitted from the story, it is made clear to be a dreadful deed. Instead of exacting his revenge in an exact manner, Alan carefully plans a way he can do it that will mend his broken pride. He forces Ian to give him an answer that he wants; he wants to hear Ian say that he trusts him. Alan probably expected Ian to cut the rope and receive help no matter what, which would have made Alan feel better, but Ian takes it a step further, showing how strong the hatred between these two characters is. Ian condemns himself to the fate of dying alone on that ocean plateau just to further torment Alan. This is a true example of the damaging effects of revenge, and it demonstrates that no matter what, the outcome will be unfavorable.
Revenge will hardly ever do any realy good in the long run. Yes, you may feel good at first that you succeded and everything is fine now, but you would be wrong. There are countless ways it could go wrong, here are a few. 1. The person you got revenge on could get revenge back on you, starting a chain of pranks or insults that only stops when someone dies, like in The Cask Of Amontillado, or something extremely bad happens, that brings you to your senses. 2. You do something horrible and you are alienated from your friends, family, and peers. 3. The revenge plan could backfire and hurt somone other than the intended victim, which depending on the person, could be a worse problem than there is already. Those are just a few of the numerous scenarios that could go wrong. And finally, you won't feel better, unless somehow the revenge goes smoothly which is highly unlikely, unless you are the type of person that Montresor was in The Cask of Amontillado. It is never a good idea to try to get revenge on someone.
Revenge is something that makes sense to you while you are doing it, but once the revenge is over, you realize how unnecessary it really is. If you are trying to get back at a friend because they did something horrible to you, then you are showing the exact kind of behavior towards them as they showed to you. You are being sort of hypocritical. You just got mad at someone for doing something mean to you, so you want to prove your point by doing something mean back. When you think about it, revenge really doesn't make sense. It just hurts someone, and it can start a never ending feud between you and the person you are getting revenge on.
It may make you feel better at the time that you are giving your revenge, but afterwards you tend to feel bad or someone gets revenge back at you so you end up gettting hurt agian. Revenge can be like a game of ping-pong. You just keep giving and getting revenge and it may seem like it will never end. It's not worth getting revenge on someone because the good feeling you have will not last for long. Show that you are the bigger person by solving your disagreement in an appropriate manner. Don't think that you can get back at someone if they do something to you because then you are dropping to their level of immaturity and becoming just as bad as they are. Revenge may feel good at first, but the feeling you get later is much worse and lasts longer than your original emotions.
Usually if someone hurts you the first thing you think of is how you can get them back. At the moment it may seem like a good idea, but in the end revenge will never make you feel better. In the future you will look at it as a mistake and wish you had never done it. When the person does a mean thing to you, you may think it is really embarrassing or mean. If you wait and think about it, you will realize that what they did was way less then what you were planning to to back at them. If you are a person who won't feel bad about getting back at people, then you should think of how the person will get back at you next time before you revenge them.
In the Cask of Amontillado, Montresor seeks to make his "friend", Fortunato, pay dearly for an insult that was clearly taken too personally. He wants Fortunato to realize and regret what he had done. Montresor was overcome with anger, and although this had clearly been a plan that was cultivated over time, he had never been able to accept and get over the problem. With revenge, it is usually something that can completely change a person, and eventually, if carried through, can be an action one will live to regret. Revenge can completely change and manipulate a persons' mind, since they are so obsessed with getting back at that person that they can't think of anything else, which not only affects their individual performance but also their relationships with others and everyone around them. Sometimes it even gets to the point where it is impossible for that person to have a full convalescence or move on and away from the problem. Revenge can make you feel better when you first exact it, but once those conquering feelings wear off, you are brought back down to reality and are hit with the consequences. It is almost never worth it and causes too much instability for anyone to even bother with it.
Sometimes when people are hurt by another person their first reaction is to get them back, which is also known as revenge. And maybe after getting them back they feel better about themself at first, but once they realize that it just creates an even more complicated web of hurtful things they regret it. That's all in a serious set of mind though. Revenge can also be thrown back and forth as a kind of game. It can be funny when things are less damaging but the farther it gets played out the worse the pranks get. Eventually it isn't as fun anymore and you start wondering why you're even doing it. I agree with Sasha, revenge is never worth the struggle. In the end what do we really get out of it? Yeah, maybe a couple laughs but is it worth all the damage thats been done?
A lot of times when a person is hurt by another they become very angry and seek revenge. In their mind the only way to make themselves feel better is to make the other person feel the same hurt they caused. However, getting revenge doesn't really make you feel better because it doesn't solve your problem, it just creates another problem. Many times after getting revenge people say that they feel empty, lonely, or childish for stooping down to the other person's level. So, instead of getting revenge it is best to just be the better person and deal with the problem calmly without getting angry or hurting someone else.
Revenge is very dangerous. It consumes you until you have nothing else. Revenge takes your entire life, affects what you do. Revenge will take control, relieve you of your friends, your normal way of life, develop bad habits, and when achieve your goal revenge will leave you, and you will have nothing left. Revenge can be triggered by anything, but will fester and grow and turn someone into something they are not. Revenge is a terrible creature inside all of us, waiting to break free at the most ridiculous pranks or the most terrible losses. To show how revenge twists you and your life into something it's not, Spiderman 2 give a great example on this subject. After the first movie in which the Green Goblin is killed by his glider, Spiderman returns his body to his home, where Harry Osborn, the Goblin's son, sees Spiderman and his dead father. Now angered by the death of his father, Harry swears revenge on Spiderman, never knowing that he is his best friend, Peter Parker. As the sequel progresses, it shows how the ties of friendship are being strained between Harry and Peter, because of the fact that Peter is the only photographer who can get Spidey on camera. Other affects of revenge on Harry's life are his turn to alcohol. Another characteristic that wasn't attributed to Harry was his spending his father's vast fortune and precious resources to get what he wants. This example is of what revenge does to someone, and it is not for the better.
Revenge is often a dark topic. It's the act of getting back at someone for something they did you to. Some peoples' ideas of revenge are way different than other peoples'. Revenge can sometimes be a playful harmless thing, like when you and a friend start out playing pranks on one another. Those forms of revenge can start harmless but increase into something that just spirals out of control. On the other hand, if you are truly trying to get revenge on someone for personal reasons it shows that your relationship with that other person is probably not a good one at the moment. You usually try to get back at someone to make them suffer or feel some sort of unpleasant emotion. In the long run, revenge doesn't always make you feel better. If you are a good person you will usually feel bad about what you have done to the other person. A lot of times you begin to regret your decision.
When I began to think about revenge, it made me think about a famous quote; “An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind” said by Mahatma Gandhi. This quote deals with revenge, and how most people love to seek it. In the end, revenge will only create a competition that lasts until the bigger person comes out. Being the “bigger person” in a situation can be difficult, because it is much easier to just go along with you anger instead of stepping back and realizing what you did may or may not have been wrong. An important question was asked, “Does revenge actually make you feel better?” My answer to that would be that in the beginning it feels great to seek revenge, and to do it successfully. But after an appropriate amount of time, revenge will not actually make you feel better, sometimes even the opposite. Revenge can bring out someone’s true character, by the anger of that person showing. It can show how a person would act when they are not in society. Sometimes, I believe that anger will bring out sides that people are embarrassed to show, and usually try to hide. For example, if you do something bad to a sibling, like get them in trouble, a lot of times they are going to want to get you back, or seek revenge. Then, when the sibling seeks revenge on you, you are going to want to get revenge on them. This can keep going until one sibling decides to be the “bigger person” and stop seeking revenge and let it go. In life, it is important to know how to step back and realize what is right and what is wrong, sometimes the feeling of wanting to seek revenge takes control of that power to evaluate ourselves.
Revenge can make you feel better, but only for a short time. When you first get back at the person that has affected you in a wrong way, you feel accomplished and that you are better than that person. But when you look back on it, you see that you are no better than the person that wronged you first. Revenge is not effective at all. It can turn the hatred that you felt for that person and put it in yourself, making you feerl guilty and being your own worst enemy.
Revenge does not actually make a person feel better. It may satisfy someone for a short period of time but long term, it does not give anyone a sense of accomplishment or closure. Revenge should not give anyone a comforting feeling like what they did was right. Revenge always comes back to you in other forms of misfortune. Revenge may leave you feeling better for the time being but when the truth of what you did to someone hits you if often leaves people feeling worse than they did before. Revenge is complex and not something that should really be messed with. Getting revenge on someone could leave you in a worse place than where you originally began.
At one point, everybody wants to seek revenge in somebody else. It's easy to do something that you would regret and something that can get you into serious trouble. However, when someone wants revenge, it brings out the true side of them. Someone you thought was a good person might get a bad reputation just from wanting revenge and eventually getting. Also, it can work the other way as well. If you thought someone was mean or nasty, they may actually be more genuine then you expected if they don't hold grudges and learn to move on, rather than getting their pay back. Revenge always brings out a person's true character, and it's always for better or for worse.
Revenge is one of the things that should have came out of Pandora's box. if your really think about it, who does revenge really help? yourself? defiantly not. it may make you fell better as your committing an act of revenge, but I've learned from personal experience that revenge is only sweet as it happing. i am a strong believer in what Kenzie quoted, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" and that is so true. because in revenge, who really wins?
Revenge can be good in a way, but most of the time it is bad and can just lead you into trouble. When someone is in seek of revenge, they are most likely mad at someone. Revenge can be good because it makes the person feel better than they were before. Revenge is bad however because once you start it, it can not be stopped. For example, Mr.Moccia told my class a story about how him and his friend were just playing around, revenging on each other, but one day it got to the point where they should probably stop.
Revenge does make you feel better, but I believe this feeling only lasts for a certain amount of time. It makes you feel better for the day, but then when you look back at your actions, you see what a terrible thing you have committed. Revenge never makes the person unto who it is being committed feel good. So why do it at all when there is never a positive ending to it?
People take revenge on others because it is easily mistaken as justice. However, revenge is most likely an over the top way of punishing another for a harmful deed they may have caused. This form of false justice is most likely to redeem one's reputation, fame, pride, etc. Although it may also be to redeem a friend's situation. For example, if person A were to insult person B; person B's initial reaction would be to seek revenge. Various methods of revenge range from returning a similar insult to murder. The latter being an extreme method. This form of justice will consume someone rather than satisfy their passion.
Revenge is often glorified and is a common theme in movies. Kill Bill, Revenge of the Nerds and Taken are well known revenge movies. In these movies revenge is depicted as a positive and heroic response to something evil. In some stories such as Cain and Able, revenge is shown as a weakness and ruins the life of the aggressor. In these stories the spark of the conflict is something very simple. While the aggressor over reacts. Revenge can create heroes or villains.
20 comments:
Revenge is a very interesting topic. It shows how a person truely is and what they are like without the mask that they usually have on. It reveals their true identity, and whether they are a good person or not. Also, revenge shows what kind of relationship you have with that person. If you are continually trying to get back at a person, then you don't have a good relationship with them. You need to find a solution and work it out. That will not only show the good relationship you have with a person, but the "good" in you will show also. You will show more self-control if you learn to control your feelings and not just get revenge.
Revenge may look like it will relieve the stress or anger that you have, but it can be decieving. It doesn't help to get back at someone. Revenge is a quick decision that people decide on way too quickly. They don't stop to think, will this affect the person? Will it affect me? They rush into it with a blind rage, and don't think about the consequences. Revenge shows a lot about a person's true character, and their good, or bad nature.
Revenge can make you feel many things. It can make you feel hated, it can make you feel a sense of accomplishment, and it can also make you feel like you just make the biggest mistake of your life. However; in my opinion revenge has a process to it. In the beginning, before you have your revenge on someone or something, you tend to feel much anger and hatred. You have the will and desire to have revenge. Then, once you have had your revenge, you feel accomplished and that your job is done. Suddenly, once your deed has soaked in, you feel like you have just done something completely wrong, or that it was a big mistake and you start hating yourself for it. Therefore; revenge has many affects on the person who is committing it, but it also has a big affect on the victim. It can hurt them physically and emotionally. It can cause one to think differently about themselves and others. It can really toy with people's emotions and actions. Revenge is no way to settle anything out, because it ends up hurting the people on both ends of the situation.
The plot line of countless stories revolve around revenge. Revenge often can drive a person to commit an action that they end up regretting. Although it is often used as a tool to get back at someone you despise, it may end up hurting you. People often strive for revenge; it is in human nature. It is often spur of the moment, a reaction to your strong and powerful feelings of hatred or embarrassment. Other times, as shown through "The Cask of Amontillado" it is complex and well thought out, but this doesn't verify the actions as moral.
As I mentioned above, revenge in most to all cases ends up hurting the person who seeks it. With a collage of emotions coursing through your veins, revenge overpowers what we know is ethical. Revenge often blindfolds our morals and hides them deep down; triggering feelings of remorse and regret when the deed is done. People have to realize to stop and think things through rather than become a victim of the powerfully influence concept of revenge. We humans can be controlled by revenge, it becoming a major aspect of our lives. Instead, we need to switch of point of views and imagine what might change after it. Honestly, most of us feel horrible after successfully carrying out revenge rather than the much anticipated feeling of pride and accomplishment. In summation, be the better person and don't let revenge control you.
The meaning of revenge is to cause harm to someone who caused you harm. Some people think that revenge is good, it's not. I know whenever I try to get back at someone in a mean way I always feel bad for doing it. It takes someone who doesn't care about anyone to "feel batter" after getting back at someone.
Revenge always comes back to haunt you. If you get someone back then they will want to get you back and it will keep going until it gets out of control. Another example of why revenge is bad is because you sometimes you can hurt the person more than they hurt you.
Revenge in "The Cask of Amontillado" Montresor went to the extreme with his revenge. For his revenge he killed his friend Fortunato. Montresor's reason for his revenge is that he claims that Fortunato insulted him too many times. So, he decided to kill him. In this case the revenge went too far and it ended up hurting the other person more than it hurt Montresor. Revenge can be bad even if people say it makes you feel better.
-The moonless sky shrouds Alan in a dark veil of mist, hiding his carefully planned advances. He relies purely on instinct and memory to navigate the tricky labyrinth of intersecting trails. He clutches his side, as if to hold in his damaged pride, the pride crippled by the grotesque deeds of Ian but one month ago. The words still echoed within his ears, constantly tormenting him, reminding him of what had happened, of what Ian had done. Alan had to redeem his dignity, and he could not afford to waiver in his resolve, for the stakes were high. As he reached his destination - a long rope bridge that connected a high ocean plateau to the mainland - he unloaded a sign and plowed it into the ground on the other side. Then he crossed back, and proceeded to cut the first rope. The bridge twisted to the side, becoming uncrossable, but remained it up. Alan proceeded to come back to this location every day for 10 years, and the bridge remained in its impassable state, while still managing to stay up.
____
-The sign read: Do you trust me now? If so, cut the other rope, then I’ll rescue you...
The bridge stands to this day.
____
-In this hypothetical situation, the character Alan is hurt in an unmentioned way by Ian. Although the actual offense is omitted from the story, it is made clear to be a dreadful deed. Instead of exacting his revenge in an exact manner, Alan carefully plans a way he can do it that will mend his broken pride. He forces Ian to give him an answer that he wants; he wants to hear Ian say that he trusts him. Alan probably expected Ian to cut the rope and receive help no matter what, which would have made Alan feel better, but Ian takes it a step further, showing how strong the hatred between these two characters is. Ian condemns himself to the fate of dying alone on that ocean plateau just to further torment Alan. This is a true example of the damaging effects of revenge, and it demonstrates that no matter what, the outcome will be unfavorable.
Revenge will hardly ever do any realy good in the long run. Yes, you may feel good at first that you succeded and everything is fine now, but you would be wrong. There are countless ways it could go wrong, here are a few. 1. The person you got revenge on could get revenge back on you, starting a chain of pranks or insults that only stops when someone dies, like in The Cask Of Amontillado, or something extremely bad happens, that brings you to your senses. 2. You do something horrible and you are alienated from your friends, family, and peers. 3. The revenge plan could backfire and hurt somone other than the intended victim, which depending on the person, could be a worse problem than there is already. Those are just a few of the numerous scenarios that could go wrong. And finally, you won't feel better, unless somehow the revenge goes smoothly which is highly unlikely, unless you are the type of person that Montresor was in The Cask of Amontillado. It is never a good idea to try to get revenge on someone.
Revenge is something that makes sense to you while you are doing it, but once the revenge is over, you realize how unnecessary it really is. If you are trying to get back at a friend because they did something horrible to you, then you are showing the exact kind of behavior towards them as they showed to you. You are being sort of hypocritical. You just got mad at someone for doing something mean to you, so you want to prove your point by doing something mean back. When you think about it, revenge really doesn't make sense. It just hurts someone, and it can start a never ending feud between you and the person you are getting revenge on.
It may make you feel better at the time that you are giving your revenge, but afterwards you tend to feel bad or someone gets revenge back at you so you end up gettting hurt agian. Revenge can be like a game of ping-pong. You just keep giving and getting revenge and it may seem like it will never end. It's not worth getting revenge on someone because the good feeling you have will not last for long. Show that you are the bigger person by solving your disagreement in an appropriate manner. Don't think that you can get back at someone if they do something to you because then you are dropping to their level of immaturity and becoming just as bad as they are. Revenge may feel good at first, but the feeling you get later is much worse and lasts longer than your original emotions.
Usually if someone hurts you the first thing you think of is how you can get them back. At the moment it may seem like a good idea, but in the end revenge will never make you feel better. In the future you will look at it as a mistake and wish you had never done it. When the person does a mean thing to you, you may think it is really embarrassing or mean. If you wait and think about it, you will realize that what they did was way less then what you were planning to to back at them. If you are a person who won't feel bad about getting back at people, then you should think of how the person will get back at you next time before you revenge them.
In the Cask of Amontillado, Montresor seeks to make his "friend", Fortunato, pay dearly for an insult that was clearly taken too personally. He wants Fortunato to realize and regret what he had done. Montresor was overcome with anger, and although this had clearly been a plan that was cultivated over time, he had never been able to accept and get over the problem. With revenge, it is usually something that can completely change a person, and eventually, if carried through, can be an action one will live to regret. Revenge can completely change and manipulate a persons' mind, since they are so obsessed with getting back at that person that they can't think of anything else, which not only affects their individual performance but also their relationships with others and everyone around them. Sometimes it even gets to the point where it is impossible for that person to have a full convalescence or move on and away from the problem. Revenge can make you feel better when you first exact it, but once those conquering feelings wear off, you are brought back down to reality and are hit with the consequences. It is almost never worth it and causes too much instability for anyone to even bother with it.
Sometimes when people are hurt by another person their first reaction is to get them back, which is also known as revenge. And maybe after getting them back they feel better about themself at first, but once they realize that it just creates an even more complicated web of hurtful things they regret it. That's all in a serious set of mind though. Revenge can also be thrown back and forth as a kind of game. It can be funny when things are less damaging but the farther it gets played out the worse the pranks get. Eventually it isn't as fun anymore and you start wondering why you're even doing it. I agree with Sasha, revenge is never worth the struggle. In the end what do we really get out of it? Yeah, maybe a couple laughs but is it worth all the damage thats been done?
A lot of times when a person is hurt by another they become very angry and seek revenge. In their mind the only way to make themselves feel better is to make the other person feel the same hurt they caused. However, getting revenge doesn't really make you feel better because it doesn't solve your problem, it just creates another problem. Many times after getting revenge people say that they feel empty, lonely, or childish for stooping down to the other person's level. So, instead of getting revenge it is best to just be the better person and deal with the problem calmly without getting angry or hurting someone else.
Revenge is very dangerous. It consumes you until you have nothing else. Revenge takes your entire life, affects what you do. Revenge will take control, relieve you of your friends, your normal way of life, develop bad habits, and when achieve your goal revenge will leave you, and you will have nothing left. Revenge can be triggered by anything, but will fester and grow and turn someone into something they are not. Revenge is a terrible creature inside all of us, waiting to break free at the most ridiculous pranks or the most terrible losses.
To show how revenge twists you and your life into something it's not, Spiderman 2 give a great example on this subject. After the first movie in which the Green Goblin is killed by his glider, Spiderman returns his body to his home, where Harry Osborn, the Goblin's son, sees Spiderman and his dead father. Now angered by the death of his father, Harry swears revenge on Spiderman, never knowing that he is his best friend, Peter Parker. As the sequel progresses, it shows how the ties of friendship are being strained between Harry and Peter, because of the fact that Peter is the only photographer who can get Spidey on camera. Other affects of revenge on Harry's life are his turn to alcohol. Another characteristic that wasn't attributed to Harry was his spending his father's vast fortune and precious resources to get what he wants. This example is of what revenge does to someone, and it is not for the better.
Revenge is often a dark topic. It's the act of getting back at someone for something they did you to. Some peoples' ideas of revenge are way different than other peoples'. Revenge can sometimes be a playful harmless thing, like when you and a friend start out playing pranks on one another. Those forms of revenge can start harmless but increase into something that just spirals out of control. On the other hand, if you are truly trying to get revenge on someone for personal reasons it shows that your relationship with that other person is probably not a good one at the moment. You usually try to get back at someone to make them suffer or feel some sort of unpleasant emotion.
In the long run, revenge doesn't always make you feel better. If you are a good person you will usually feel bad about what you have done to the other person. A lot of times you begin to regret your decision.
When I began to think about revenge, it made me think about a famous quote; “An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind” said by Mahatma Gandhi. This quote deals with revenge, and how most people love to seek it. In the end, revenge will only create a competition that lasts until the bigger person comes out. Being the “bigger person” in a situation can be difficult, because it is much easier to just go along with you anger instead of stepping back and realizing what you did may or may not have been wrong.
An important question was asked, “Does revenge actually make you feel better?” My answer to that would be that in the beginning it feels great to seek revenge, and to do it successfully. But after an appropriate amount of time, revenge will not actually make you feel better, sometimes even the opposite. Revenge can bring out someone’s true character, by the anger of that person showing. It can show how a person would act when they are not in society. Sometimes, I believe that anger will bring out sides that people are embarrassed to show, and usually try to hide. For example, if you do something bad to a sibling, like get them in trouble, a lot of times they are going to want to get you back, or seek revenge. Then, when the sibling seeks revenge on you, you are going to want to get revenge on them. This can keep going until one sibling decides to be the “bigger person” and stop seeking revenge and let it go. In life, it is important to know how to step back and realize what is right and what is wrong, sometimes the feeling of wanting to seek revenge takes control of that power to evaluate ourselves.
Revenge can make you feel better, but only for a short time. When you first get back at the person that has affected you in a wrong way, you feel accomplished and that you are better than that person. But when you look back on it, you see that you are no better than the person that wronged you first. Revenge is not effective at all. It can turn the hatred that you felt for that person and put it in yourself, making you feerl guilty and being your own worst enemy.
Revenge does not actually make a person feel better. It may satisfy someone for a short period of time but long term, it does not give anyone a sense of accomplishment or closure. Revenge should not give anyone a comforting feeling like what they did was right. Revenge always comes back to you in other forms of misfortune. Revenge may leave you feeling better for the time being but when the truth of what you did to someone hits you if often leaves people feeling worse than they did before. Revenge is complex and not something that should really be messed with. Getting revenge on someone could leave you in a worse place than where you originally began.
At one point, everybody wants to seek revenge in somebody else. It's easy to do something that you would regret and something that can get you into serious trouble. However, when someone wants revenge, it brings out the true side of them. Someone you thought was a good person might get a bad reputation just from wanting revenge and eventually getting. Also, it can work the other way as well. If you thought someone was mean or nasty, they may actually be more genuine then you expected if they don't hold grudges and learn to move on, rather than getting their pay back. Revenge always brings out a person's true character, and it's always for better or for worse.
Revenge is one of the things that should have came out of Pandora's box. if your really think about it, who does revenge really help? yourself? defiantly not. it may make you fell better as your committing an act of revenge, but I've learned from personal experience that revenge is only sweet as it happing. i am a strong believer in what Kenzie quoted, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" and that is so true. because in revenge, who really wins?
Revenge can be good in a way, but most of the time it is bad and can just lead you into trouble. When someone is in seek of revenge, they are most likely mad at someone. Revenge can be good because it makes the person feel better than they were before. Revenge is bad however because once you start it, it can not be stopped. For example, Mr.Moccia told my class a story about how him and his friend were just playing around, revenging on each other, but one day it got to the point where they should probably stop.
Revenge does make you feel better, but I believe this feeling only lasts for a certain amount of time. It makes you feel better for the day, but then when you look back at your actions, you see what a terrible thing you have committed. Revenge never makes the person unto who it is being committed feel good. So why do it at all when there is never a positive ending to it?
People take revenge on others because it is easily mistaken as justice. However, revenge is most likely an over the top way of punishing another for a harmful deed they may have caused. This form of false justice is most likely to redeem one's reputation, fame, pride, etc. Although it may also be to redeem a friend's situation. For example, if person A were to insult person B; person B's initial reaction would be to seek revenge. Various methods of revenge range from returning a similar insult to murder. The latter being an extreme method. This form of justice will consume someone rather than satisfy their passion.
Revenge is often glorified and is a common theme in movies. Kill Bill, Revenge of the Nerds and Taken are well known revenge movies. In these movies revenge is depicted as a positive and heroic response to something evil. In some stories such as Cain and Able, revenge is shown as a weakness and ruins the life of the aggressor. In these stories the spark of the conflict is something very simple. While the aggressor over reacts. Revenge can create heroes or villains.
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