Grendel, his mother, and even Beowulf himself all use revenge during the fights that they engage in, in order to motivate themselves throughout the poem. Grendel is the first character in the poem that the reader can see inspired by revenge. It is stated that Grendel is believed to be one of the descendants of Cain, forever banished by God in punishment for Abel’s death. "…Since Cain had killed his only / Brother, slain his father's son / With an angry sword. God drove him off, / outlawed him…" (Beowulf, 1261 - 1264).
In addition, in 3.1 Romeo murdered Tybalt to avenge the death of Mercutio by saying “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” (3.1. line 129). This implies that Romeo held a grudge against Tybalt for killing his own friend. This grudge motivated Romeo to kill Tybalt which then motivated Paris to fight Romeo in 5.3. This cycle of hatred between the two families is also what caused the fight scene in 1.1 where the Capulets and Montagues saw each other, then spat rude comments at each other
The two started a moment, and the truth was open to each. Regin snatched at his belt for a dagger and leapt at the young man, who sprang up and away, fumbling for his sword (Coolidge 1057). Since Kreon yearns for respect so badly that he tries to kill his own niece and that my friend starts the domino effect of bad luck. His son attempted to kill him and then after failing to kill him, his son commits suicide, his wife commits suicide, his niece dies and then of top of all that the people of his city hate him. Sigurd ends up killing the dragon and after killing the dragon he starts to roast the dragon’s heart which is filled with knowledge.
While the people in the play believe the veil of lies that the king has spread, the audience knows that in reality, Claudius was the one to kill Old Hamlet. We learn this when the Ghost appears before Hamlet and tells him, “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” This ignites Hamlet’s desire for revenge which in turn fuels the play. The main theme can be seen here as well, “How strange or
The narrator seems to note the boys transformation by referring to them as savages and how the hide their shame “[they were] safe from shame or consciousness behind the mask of [their] paint”(pg.154). The final result of their savagery was the deaths of Simon and Piggy these events happen in the heat of the moment due to an overflow of emotion. In the killing of Simon they were performing their infamous chant and enactment of the hunt of the hunt when Simon runs out tries to warn them about the false beast but the group was in the heat of the moment and ended up killing him even Ralph and piggy the level headed boys were caught up in this superfluous of emotion. In the killing of piggy the groups were at castle rock and in the midst of the confrontation piggy was hit with a
Many of the conspirators kill Caesar out of envy and greed, while only Brutus did it out of love for Rome. Brutus follows the code of honor. Brutus betrays his friend, Julius Caesar, for the good of Rome. After the conspirators kill Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, and Antony make a funeral speech. Brutus says “With this I depart: that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.” (III, ii, Li.
Fight your way out, / or run for it, if you think you can escape death. / I doubt one man of you skins by…” (705). By destroying the suitors, Odysseus used violence once again as a way to satisfy his need for vengeance, despite the fact that the suitors offered alternate ways to pay him back. Since the suitors betrayed him, pursued his beloved wife Penelope, and threatened to take his place as king, Odysseus felt the need to slaughter the suitors as the most sufficient way to retaliate. “Death at the Palace” suggests Ancient Greeks considered violent revenge adequate.
The methods of the monster’s revenge are definitely a little extreme. "Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy--to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim." The monster wants Victor to feel as alone as he did when he abandoned him, so he decided to kill many of his family members, such as William. Victor wanting revenge for the death of William is sort of what kills the others, so Victor feels morally responsible for the deaths of his family members.
You belong then to my enemy – to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim.” He then takes a picture of Caroline Frankenstein that he finds on William. (Chapter 16) Later the monster stumbles upon a girl (Justine) asleep in the straw. He tucks the picture of Caroline he took from William into the dress of Justine, which in short makes the townspeople accuse her of murdering William. Victor is aware the whole time what has taken place and instead of speaking up (worried he might look like a fool) he lets Justine be sentenced to death for a murder that he in essence was responsible for. Still Victor is only concerned for himself and is worried what this would do to his reputation?
Christians believed that after death, the soul of the individual would either ascend to Heaven or descend to Hell based on their past sins. In addition, the story of the mark of Cain is a famous biblical tale: Cain, the eldest son, murdered his younger brother Abel out of jealousy. This resulted in a mark put on Cain as a reminder of God’s revenge. The allusion of the mark of Cain is significant because this tale is similar to the event of Claudius killing Old Hamlet out of jealousy. With this reference, Shakespeare reminds the audience of Claudius’ sin and advances the theme of betrayal.