Revenge Quotes In Frankenstein

Why are people so keen on taking revenge on those who hurt them or their loved ones? It is a simple question that any person off the street could answer. That answer would probably be something like: people punish those who have hurt them or a loved one because they want to protect whoever or whatever was harmed. Whether it was their ego or their body, it is just in our nature to protect and avenge. Nevertheless, taking revenge or even just seeking it has harmful repercussions. In Frankenstein, the Monster seeks revenge on his creator because he was treated like, well a monster. When in reality, he was a docile creature. He was turned into a monster. But because Frankenstein didn’t have enough sense in his big brain to see that treating the

8-foot tall, basically newborn like a monster was a wise idea. He didn’t even give the poor guy a name. Throughout the whole book he is referred to as “the monster”. In The Princess Bride, Inigo Montoya seeks to take revenge on his father’s murderer. He spends 10 years of his life training to fight him and minimum of 8 years looking for the man. In The Other Woman, three girls are cheated on and lied to by the same man and they decide to join forces and get revenge on him. Recently, the terrorist group ISIS shot and killed 12 people at a French Magazine because the magazine was continually mocking the prophet Muhammad. All of these examples show how people seek revenge and don't take into consideration how it will affect them and the people around them. Seeking and taking revenge can lead to a mental and physical deterioration of a person’s being.
There are several reasons why Frankenstein’s innocent creation turns into a malicious monster. Right after the monster was ‘born’, his creator Frankenstein, disgusted with the abomination he had created, abandoned him.“I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 44).
The character, Inigo Montoya slowly spirals into drunkenness and depression because of the many years searching, and failing miserably, for his father’s murderer. When Inigo was a young boy, his father was killed by a nobleman. Domingo Montoya had made a special six-fingered sword for the nobleman. But the noble wasn’t all that impressed. Even though Domingo worked tirelessly for a whole year to make this special six-fingered sword for this noble, he looked at the sword with bored distaste and replied that it wasn’t worth waiting for. After that Domingo refused to give him the sword. His death was the result. When Inigo, just 10 years old, challenged the nobleman and lost, he was given two long scars down his cheeks to remind him to have good manners. Inigo spent years training to become a master fencer, so that he could duel his opponent. He was asked by a family friend why he spent so long training. “Because I could not fail him again. Fail who? My father. I have spent all these years preparing to find the six-fingered man and kill him in a duel” (Goldman 137). All Inigo wanted in life was to find the six fingered man, duel him, and win fair and square. He had it all planned out; what he was going to say, how we was going to say it, and how we was going to kill the evil man.
“Originally, he had all kinds of little plays worked out in his mind- the enemy would weep and beg...

and act in every way unmanly. But eventually, these too gave way in his mind to simplicity: the enemy would simply say, ‘Oh, yes, I remember killing him; I’ll be only too delighted to kill you too’...[and] he would find the six-fingered man. He would go up to him. He would say simply, ‘Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die,’ and then, oh then, the duel” (Goldman 139). In spite of all his plans, Inigo almost doesn’t find the nobleman (the Count). In fact he spends more than 8 years hunting for the Count and in that time span, he slowly gives up.“His life began to seem pointless, his quest pointless, everything, everything, without reason. At thirty he gave up the ghost. He stopped his search, forgot to eat, slept only on occasion. He had his wine for company and that was enough” (Goldman 141). Despite, all this he somehow goes on with his life and eventually finds the Count and does exactly what he had wanted to do for almost two decades. Although not without consequences.The Count had stabbed Inigo before he could kill him. The book ends with the reader getting to choose what happens to the characters. Inigo could die or he could

live.
This theatrical entertainment, The Other Woman, can reveal ways on how to seek revenge. In this movie, the character Mark King seems like a great guy. He has an awesome girlfriend, Carly Whitten, a top-notch job, and amazing hair. Then, come to find out he has a wife, Kate King and another girlfriend, Amber. This trio takes it upon themselves to see to it that Mark pays for all that he has done to them. During the movie, Mark tells Kate that “I wouldn’t even be me without you. I might not always get it right, but I’m right where I want to be” (The Other Woman). This is obviously a lie. He doesn’t want to be with her. If he did, he would cheat more than John F. Kennedy. Although he does cheat on her, he did love her once. They were in love before. Kate’s brother Phil even says that even though he never liked Mark “they had something real. And whenever she’s done running around with you (Carly), she’s gonna realize that that’s gone. And it’s gonna suck” (The Other Woman”. Well, Kate does finally realize that their relationship is gone and it does suck. When she grasps that fact, she puts on her wedding dress, puts in her wedding video, sits on her bed with a bottle of whip cream, and sobs at the T.V. She goes through this stage in which she wants to try everything. She smokes some cigarettes, gets drunk a lot, booty dances with Amber, and tries her hand in destructing Mark’s office. Carly says to Phil during the movie that “if we find anymore mistresses, I’m going to have to send her to rehab” (The Other Woman). There is even a point where Kate believes that all she has to do is forgive Mark and he’ll stop all his dirty deeds. Kate and Carly get into an argument where Kate proposed, “maybe you have to forgive people to move forward”, in which Carly responds with, “but he didn’t ask for your forgiveness did he?” (The Other Woman). Regardless, the girls make Kate see that Mark will never change.
The french magazine ,Charlie Hebdo, pushes the limit to their freedom of speech which causes ISIS gunman to take revenge. The magazine published numerous issues satirizing the prophet Muhammad. “ The attack on Charlie Hebdo occurred hours after the magazine tweeted a cartoon of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi issuing a New Year's greeting, with the caption: ‘And especially, health!’" (12 killed). These gunmen wanted revenge on the french cartoonists and writers. Of course, they didn’t seem to care about the consequences that would follow them in their path of destruction and despair. All they care about right then was avenging Muhammad. “The gunmen opened fire with Kalashnikovs and shouted ‘Allahu Akbar,’ Molins said. They also said they were ‘avenging the Prophet’” (12 killed).
Seeking and taking revenge can lead to a mental and physical deterioration of a person’s being. People know this, some even understand this, but when it comes down to it, they will take revenge on anyone who hurts them or their loved ones.