Revenge Persuasive Essay

Have you ever tried on getting revenge on someone?

Well, there are instances in our lives when we don’t always get the things that we want and sometimes we do things unexpectedly in the most unexpected time not realizing the effects we will end up with. Yes, its true that we do want things to be done at our own pace, time and style. We as humans have many desires in life, may it be success, wealth, power, and the like. We all want to conquer the world and unravel extraordinary things. However, these desires often overshadow and overpower us. Oftentimes in our lives we as humans just can’t have that too much patience to dwell with the many annoying and irrational things in our lives. Having to bear with all this nonsense makes us grumpy, moody

This is a common feeling experienced by many which at some point originates from feelings of hatred. This allows us to see the other person in agony, which brings happiness and pleasure to most of us. There’s an old saying “Pag binato ka ng tinapay, batuhin mo ng bato”. I am guilty of throwing stone at someone who did me wrong and having to think of it, most of the time they deserve it and sometimes revenge is a bittersweet moment that we just can’t disregard and let it slide. Avenging oneself is best served to people who are looking for it. The golden rule, “Don’t do unto others what you don’t want others to do unto you” is a statement that is very familiar to us but often violated. On the contrary, we shouldn’t try to fight back because things might end up the other way around. However, many literary works that were discussed in class talks about revenge. One of which is “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, which features revenge and murder plotted cleverly and secretly as a way to avoid using legal means for retribution. The cause of which is the unspecified insults by Fortunato that gave rise to Montresor’s vengefulness. Another is William Shakespeare’s

Because of this, he was obliged to avenge his father’s murder. Hamlet had every reason to be viciously furious knowing that his uncle, Claudius was responsible for the death of his most love father. Although he can, Hamlet did not kill Claudius as quickly as possible for he wanted to ensure that he’d do it right. Just like in the Cask of Amontillado, Hamlet planned and examined his vengeance in the most righteous manner that he possibly can. Regarded as Euripides’ greatest work, similarly, Medea is also a play about love turned into furious hate leading to sorrow and death. In Medea, it is clear that her anger and thirst for vengeance lead to a tragic ending causing the death of her children. In this literary works, we can see man’s capacity not only for revenge but also man’s abiity to possess and act in an evil way. We should remember that revenge is a destructive and violent response not just to anger but also shame and humiliation, greediness, etc. I can remember the novel, Moby Dick, which also portrays man’s capacity for cruelness. In here, Captain Ahab is obsessed on getting his revenge on the white whale, Moby Dick. However, his lifelong quest for