From the short story "Spanish Roulette" by Ed Vega the poet Sixto vows revenge against a local gang member who raped his sister and battles with himself to make the right choice. Although revenge may be the momentary satisfaction in times of despair, no man extracts revenge for the sake of evil, without the intent of profiting from it, and will be punished for it, regardless of reason, in this life or the next. The theme of these stories is the ability to let go of ones hate, to allow themselves the chance to heal without making the dreaded mistake of taking revenge which will ultimately destroy themselves. The message is clear through all three texts that revenge achieves nothing but gambles everything worth losing for the momentary satisfaction of vengeance. Although the three texts go about different ways, reasons, and potential gain by exacting revenge it is very clear through each story that it is never the best answer.
Odysseus also a firm believer in hospitality; Which explains why he was in such distress after learning of the suitors attempt to take everything he’s ever worked for. Guile is a clever form of deceit. Odysseus was full of it; the perfect example was when he introduced himself to Polyphemus. “My name is Nobody; Mother, father, friends/everyone calls me Nobody.” (IX) Odysseus knew that they would they would try to kill Polyphemus, so He gave him this alias because he was aware that Polyphemus would call for help to the other Cyclopes, and when he did he would sound like an idiot. He also used his guile on Calypso.
They are both selfish men, led by irrational motives. Macbeth killed a good king; he speaks greatly of Duncan when he reconsiders murdering Duncan due to his good heart; “Besides, this Duncan hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been so clear in his great office that his virtues shall plead trumpet-tongued against the deep damnation of his taking off. "(1.7.16-20) Macbeth also happened to be related to Duncan but that still didn’t stop him from murdering him and fulfilling his prophecy. Under Macbeth’s rule, people were in constant worry due to the numerous assassinations and experienced food shortages. The narrator in ATTH, killed because he claimed the old man’s eyes resembled that of a vulture’s and that he felt uncomfortable because he also claimed that whenever they fell on him, his “blood ran cold”.
Brooks contrasts a strong feminist theme and positions us to see their heroic gestures to the weaknesses of men as the villagers are faced with great tragedies. Joss Bont is one of the villains of the plague year. Brooks positions us to see that Joss views the tragedy merely as an opportunity, and his extreme greed and insensitivity know no bounds. His exploitation of the dying and their families makes us see that Anna is glad she no longer shares a last name with him. When Bont adds attempted murder to his other crimes, the demoralized village finally calls him to account.
O’Connor’s use of imagery and Laurence’s use of diction create two distinct characters. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” we are introduced to the misfit, an escaped murderer who later on kills the grandmother at the end of the story. In “Boys and Girls” Laurence gives us a character known as “the father”, we are not given a name but instead his behaviour throughout the story. He to commits wrongly actions in murdering not only injured horses but healthy ones too. “The girl is not surprised to later learn that her father has recaptured and killed the mare” (Korb).
Edgar Allen Poe and Flannery O’Conner’s horrid view of the human experience makes them both well known. In Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” and O’Conner’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” two cold-blooded murders commit horrific crimes. The 16th century killer Montresor and the modern day serial killer, The Misfit, both share similarities and differences in the motivation for the crimes they commit, their choice of victims, and the degree of their remorse. Though both Montresor and The Misfit are considered cold-blooded murders, the motivation for their crimes shows a discrepancy to a certain extent. The beginning of Poe’s story opens with Montresor’s revelation about the nature
So they accuse and convict (by bribery) an innocent bystander (Davy,a seamstresses’ son) of attempted murder because he apparently “obstructed the vehicle and caused the accident” and his sentence is death but a portion of his body will be used to save Acudo. Now here is where our favorite anti-hero is given the big decision of; taking an innocent life and helping someone who will only do more harm than good OR let the troublemaker pass and have on his conscious that an innocent person is dead because of him……but being the genius that black jack is he thinks of an off the wall solution of, simply switching the faces by putting Davy’s face on Acudo’s dead body and vice versa, therefore fooling Mr. Wealthy Billionaire into thinking it’s his beloved son and still getting paid. After the bandages come off a couple months later after the surgery, he’s elated that his “son” is okay but the first chance he gets he escapes the hospital and returns to his with the money that black jack gave him.
Tsotsi: A Clichéd Redemption Of A Criminal Tsotsi is a cruel, ruthless criminal. Yet, with the use of effective filming and storyline, he evokes sympathy at the end of the film when he is arrested. The audience believes that he has changed into a better man in a matter of days. This is very cliché and typical of any film that shows the evolution of a bad character into a good character. I think that the audience is very naive for feeling sympathy for Tsotsi because he is a criminal that was involved with the murder of two people; Butcher and Zachariah.
The Pardoner’s Tale is one of the many tales form The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Pardoner’s Tale is about a pardoner who is corrupt and is trying to profit from the public. In the prologue the pardoner is talking to his company, explaining to the that when he preaches, his voice resembles a bell and that the service is about how greed is the root of all evil, “My theme is alwey oon, and evere was Radix malorum est Cupiditas”. (Line 333-334) He is very cocky and to the people that he is traveling with and he is very confident in himself. He tells the congregation about what he claims to be relics in the glass case.
Through Hagen’s actions of sinking Kriemhild’s treasure in the Rhine River and attempting to kill the monk to void the Nixes prophecy are both examples of Hagen’s desperation after killing Siegfried. The scene where Hagen kills prince Siegfried is a very controversial one. In the end, he stabs Siegfried in his weak spot that Kriemhild unknowing marked with a cross. After Hagan committed his crime, he realized that he would be dead if Kriemhild used her monetary strength to build an army of her own to revenge her husband’s death by killing Hagen. To stop her from retaliating, he later discards her treasure in the Rhine River so it could not be used to build an army against him.