Diary entry 1) How could this be? Deceived by my daughter! As soon as Tubal informed me that my daughter had fled, I felt angry yet heartbroken. It was like my own daughter pierced a finely sharpened arrow into my skin, aiming at by hopeless heart. Jessica playing "thirty pieces of silver" (Matthew 26:15) upon her own father? "I say, my daughter is my flesh and blood" (Act 3.i. 33) but her doings wrong me. She has disgraced me and left with a Christian, Lorenzo. A Christian! Those same Christians who lend out money "gratis" (Act 1.iii.39), Spat upon my "Jewish gaberdine" and called me "misbeliever" (Act 1.iii.106-107). Is there really more difference between my flesh and hers than between "jet and ivory;" more between our bloods than there is between "red wine and Rhenish" (Act 3.i.34-35). Why has she betrayed me? Her only father. We are both Jews, are we not? Yet she fled with a Christian. What really makes my blood boil is that my daughter seized upon the most valued things in my life. My ducats, my precious stones and herself... "A sealed bag, two sealed bags of ducats, Of double ducats, Stol'n from me by my daughter... And Jewels - two stones, two rich and precious stones, Stol'n by my daughter" (Act 2.Viii.17-21). To make things worse, she has sold the precious stones that I gave to your mother for a monkey. "I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys" (Act 3.i.108-109). Shall I still entitle her as my daughter? Should the revulsion that assembles within me not escape? Deceived by my own daughter. Ha. She is no longer worthy to be called my daughter. Fled with a Christian. How dare she! "I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear" (Act 3.i.80-81). I have s... ... middle of paper ... ...yet offer interest to those borrowed from. Antonio then, is a type of typical Christian. Lending out money "gratis" (Act 1.iii.39). Why? Did Jesus not supply them with brains? I confronted his hypocritical ways, fuelling his anger. Eventually, we landed upon an agreement and created a bond, sealing it with his own blood. The bond states that if my 3,000 ducats are not within my reach in 3 months, I am able to rightfully claim a pound of his flesh. It was like father Abraham laid mercy on me, showing me a path towards revenge on Christians and Antonio. Those Christians who borrow money and steal my daughter, Jessica. I am sick of them all. Why do they think that they can treat me with such disrespect? Surely the source of this cannot be because of my religion. Enough! I have had enough! I await for the moment of the trial. I want my revenge. Justice will be done...
Thou shall honour thy father and thy mother, is not only one of ten powerful commandments but is also the foundation for King Lear's perception of himself and his overwhelming situation in Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear. After a recent life-altering decision, Lear's seemingly stable and comfortable world has been thrown into upheaval through the disobedience and lies told by not only his two daughters but also by his servants! Thus, after being dishonoured by his family and attendants, Lear forms an accurate perception of his situation, that he is "a man / More sinned against than sinning" (Act III scene ii lines 60 - 61). To begin, Lear's two eldest daughters dishonour him on several occasions. The first of three situations involves Goneril, the eldest.
to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge; then
She explains that everything that was on fire she did not actually own, for they belonged to God’s. Therefore, she could not mourn the lost because He had the right to take them away.
is very upset and think that they are the cause of her "death". Also, the Friar
King Lear’s two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan were liars and were not trustworthy women. They both would do and say anything just to get an edge. Like for example in Act I of the story King Lear, had owned a huge piece of land that he had decided to divide it between all three of his daughters and all they had to do was just express or tell him how much they loved him. His two oldest daughters were very clever and deceiving, they knew that they could say the right words to get their father to be happy and satisfying. The two daughters had said that they loved him more than anyone could ever love someone or something; they said the love that they had expressed for him was more than they had loved their own husbands. The King being foolish gave his two daughters the land and was so filled with joy by the words that Goneril and Regan had told him. His youngest daughter was asked the same
We, as the audience, can tell that King Lear is full of anger which he directs towards his eldest daughters because of the way they have treated him. He has taken verbal blows from each of his eldest daughters which have caused what was left of his sanity to be destroyed. Lear seemed a bit senile in the first place, but the mistreatment by his daughters removed the final ounce of sanity he had left. We can clearly see and examine this by the way he shouts at the raging storm: Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! Spout, rain!/Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire are my daughters.(3.2.16-17)
Paul’s infatuation with Agnes seems to have caught his mother by complete surprise. Their seven years in the village seemed to only strengthen her belief that Paul was a great man worthy of the praise and admiration that others bestowed upon him. It seemed the perfect fit for both of them “for they were so happy in the little village that seemed to her the most beautiful in all the world, because her Paul was its saviour and its king” (Deledda 31). If not for the mother’s need to protect Paul, his affair with Agnes may have continued on longer. Her devotion to her son and to God could not go on silenced however. Paul’s feelings of guilt forced him to see his error and to quite seeing Agnes in order to serve only God. “He was a priest, he believed in God, he had wedded the church, and was vowed to chastity” (Deledda 57). His love toward Agnes did not dissipate however and he sought to find ways to forget about her.
... She asks that his wife be "more miserable by the death of him / Than I am made by my young lord and thee" (1:2:27-28). The fact that she marries Richard suggests that her curse is somewhat false. Perhaps she intentionally imposes a lenient punishment for his wife, one that she has already suffered, knowing that she might become his wife.
“Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves” (Phaedrus). This quote was said by a Roman fabulist and it depicts the entire concept of revenge in Hamlet. The nature of revenge causes someone to act upon anger rather than reason. Hamlet takes place in Denmark and is about Hamlet’s uncle who kills his dad to gain power of Denmark. After the killing, Hamlet seeks revenge on his uncle. In the play, there are several characters wanting vengeance like that of Hamlet. Throughout the play, Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras all had a tragic death of a family member which caused their decision for revenge. Consequentially, these revenges caused the demise of two characters and the rise of power of another. The retaliation shown by the Prince of Denmark, as well as Laertes led to the downfall of their government.
"Then poor Cordelia! And not so, since I am sure my love's more ponderous than my tongue" (I, i, 78-80). Cordelia clearly loves her father,...
...movie you want nothing but to see him get his revenge. When he finally gets his revenge, we start to feel so much more fulfilled. Even though it is not our life, stories have the power to make us feel more satisfied about our own need for vengeance.
“…Child…I would appreciate it if you’d answer me without spewing blasphemies that would shame your own mother.”
To right a wrong, appeals to most westernized people. The westward movement in the United States depicts harsh times where lawlessness was the norm. Some people felt compelled then to stand up for what was right, as evidenced in the Battle at the OK Corral. Even old shows like Gunsmoke displayed Marshall Dillon the empowered individual to stand up for the law and protect the rights of the townspeople. These examples reflect both revenge and justice all parties involved in a conflict where a wrong needs to be righted. As laws have been established and enforced to provide a sense of order, the need for revenge is no longer justifiable nor soul cleansing because some people thrive on vengeance, some people thrive on old prejudices, and others are hero seekers which does not achieve the desired end result.
Antonio recognizes the futility of opposing Shylock's passion with reason. "He seems the depository of the vengeance of his race" (Goddard 11). Antonio consequently appears as a charitable Christian who lends money freely, in contrast to the miserly an...