Atrocious Revenge

Revenge leaves people with nothing but hate and loneliness. Of Revenge essay, by Sir Francis Bacon has this certain outlook as well. The idea is if revenge is engaged in, no good could come from that. Bacon widens his opinion by claiming, “Wise men have enough to do with things present and future-therefore, they who labor in past matters do but harm themselves”. Bacon’s concept of revenge is present in other writings and in each of the following stories. Horrible things happen to those who are a part of revenge or seek it. Bacon’s idea that revenge is only self harming would include The Interlopers by Saki, Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, and biography of Takashi “Thomas” Tanemori.

In the short story of The Interlopers revenge is the reason the two enemies, Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, is killed. Revenge is present in this story because of past feuds between the two families. A piece of land is being fought over for many generations between these two rivals. Now the head of the two families, Gradwitz and Znaeym, are a part of this argument. The leaders of these families do not lack hatred in the feud, “…if there was a man in the world whom he detested and wish ill to it was Georg Znaeym…” (Saki 305). Bacon’s perspective on revenge is if someone is sucked into revenge, the will only hurt themselves. When Gradwitz only wished ill to Znaeym, Gradwitz was hurt under a tree “Ulrich Von Gradwitz found himself stretched on the ground, one arm numb beneath him and other held almost as helplessly in a tight tangle of forked branches” (Saki 305). Gradwitz finds himself beside the only person he wished ill in the world. Gradwitz has the long lasting conflict with his enemy which causes revenge and leaves Gradw...

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...e. Tanemori learns how to let go of his hatred and need for revenge. He becomes happy with the help of his father’s lesson.

Bacon’s idea of revenge is present in the three written pieces, The Interlopers by Saki, Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, and biography of Takashi “Thomas” Tanemori. In The Interlopers, Gradwitz finds out that revenge can be deadly and dies along side his enemy whom was his new found friend. In Shakespeare’s play, the prince banishes Romeo because he broke the rules and kills a Capulet which results in the star crossed lover’s deaths finally making the two families stop fighting. In the Biography of Takashi Tanemori, Tanemori learns how to be free from the revenge that was inside him making the emptiness with in him vanish. Revenge is a risky thing and should never be taken part in. Not everyone comes out alive when they take revenge in.