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A 2.5 page paper which considers when, if ever, revenge is okay. No additional sources are used.
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resulted not only in the death of his intended victim, the fatally ambitious Claudius, but also in the innocent deaths of many others who simply had the misfortune of crossing
paths with the enraged Prince of Denmark. Revenge is a versatile theme because it can be rooted in many causes. It can be inspired by a loved ones
senseless death, feelings of jealousy or betrayal, or some type of public humiliation. Whether or not a person seeks revenge against another depends largely upon the individuals own personal
value systems. But is revenge ever okay? And if so, when? To better answer these questions, it is recommended to consider two very different revenge-themed short stories
that lend themselves well to comparative analysis - Edgar Allan Poes Arabesque tale, "The Cask of Amontillado" and Andre Dubuss contemporary "Killings." First, in "The Cask of Amontillado," during the
height of carnival season, a wealthy Frenchman named Montresor seeks revenge from the Italian aristocrat Fortunato for a series of incidents that are never divulged. Montresors narrative begins quite
simply with, "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge" (Poe 280). Because Fortunato regarded himself
as a most knowledgeable wine connoisseur, Montresor schemed to get him down into his estates wine vault, where he promised the inebriated Fortunato a rare cask of Amontillado, a Spanish
sherry, ostensibly to treat his cold and irritating cough. What Fortunato does not realize - much to his misfortune - is that the wine cellar is also the Montresor
family burial chamber. Insulting him yet again by not remembering the Montresor family motto, "Nemo me impune lacessit" (which is, loosely translated from Latin, "No one insults me with
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