Ethan Kossover
Ms. McCanlies
English 12, Block 2
10 October 2016
Good Or Bad That Is The Question
Everyone has a feeling of wanting revenge, but is revenge justifiable? The feeling of getting back at someone or something by wronging them the same way they wronged you. The death penalty is a modern day example of revenge. In William Shakespeare’s, The Tragedy of Hamlet, the whole play is based on thought of returning the feeling someone put on you. The idea of revenge might sound okay at first, but the further into the idea we venture, we would begin to realize revenge will not give us the relieving feeling we thought it would.
We’ve all thought of revenge at some point in our lives. In Shakespeare’s, Hamlet, his life is revolving around …show more content…
Raymond Lesniak, author of “The Death Penalty Breeds a Culture of Revenge” says, “The need for revenge leads to hate and violence. Redemption opens the door to healing and peace. Revenge slams it shut” (4). By seeking revenge an individual is strayed from the idea that redemption can lead to healing, over just having closure. Most people believe that revenge solves all their problems of pain and suffering, but in reality it might just make the situation worse. The article, “The Death Penalty Offers No Consolation to Victims’ Families” the author asks, “Does the death penalty serve any purpose, other than to do harm to everyone involved, and society in general? Does the death penalty even console the families of murder victims?” (Lesniak 3). We may think that the closure of death will grant us peace. When really it will most likely exacerbate the pain we had suffered in the first …show more content…
“Hamlet: A Modern Perspective.” The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,
Folger Shakespeare Library. Eds. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Simon and
Schuster: New York, 1992. 311-320. Print.
Robinson, Bryan. "Why Revenge Is Bad and Good." ABC News. ABC News Network, 13 Nov.
1970. Web. 10 Oct. 2016.
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Folger Shakespeare Library.
Eds. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Simon and Schuster: New York, 1992.
Ms. McCanlies
English 12, Block 2
10 October 2016
Good Or Bad That Is The Question
Everyone has a feeling of wanting revenge, but is revenge justifiable? The feeling of getting back at someone or something by wronging them the same way they wronged you. The death penalty is a modern day example of revenge. In William Shakespeare’s, The Tragedy of Hamlet, the whole play is based on thought of returning the feeling someone put on you. The idea of revenge might sound okay at first, but the further into the idea we venture, we would begin to realize revenge will not give us the relieving feeling we thought it would.
We’ve all thought of revenge at some point in our lives. In Shakespeare’s, Hamlet, his life is revolving around …show more content…
Raymond Lesniak, author of “The Death Penalty Breeds a Culture of Revenge” says, “The need for revenge leads to hate and violence. Redemption opens the door to healing and peace. Revenge slams it shut” (4). By seeking revenge an individual is strayed from the idea that redemption can lead to healing, over just having closure. Most people believe that revenge solves all their problems of pain and suffering, but in reality it might just make the situation worse. The article, “The Death Penalty Offers No Consolation to Victims’ Families” the author asks, “Does the death penalty serve any purpose, other than to do harm to everyone involved, and society in general? Does the death penalty even console the families of murder victims?” (Lesniak 3). We may think that the closure of death will grant us peace. When really it will most likely exacerbate the pain we had suffered in the first …show more content…
“Hamlet: A Modern Perspective.” The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,
Folger Shakespeare Library. Eds. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Simon and
Schuster: New York, 1992. 311-320. Print.
Robinson, Bryan. "Why Revenge Is Bad and Good." ABC News. ABC News Network, 13 Nov.
1970. Web. 10 Oct. 2016.
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Folger Shakespeare Library.
Eds. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Simon and Schuster: New York, 1992.