Revenge

Most of the sites that popped up while I did research were about Revenge the TV show, rather than articles or blogs about the action of revenge itself. This, however, led me into reading a bit more into this show that shows up everywhere on the internet. Apparently it is about a girl who is out seeking revenge on the people who framed her father. The girl’s father, who was sentenced to a lifetime in prison, is one of the man reasons miserable life led her to revenge. Her pain was created from the loss of her father at such an early age. As it says in the synopsis on IMDB, “ Emily never saw her father again, and spent her childhood consumed by rage, loss and betrayal. Now she's returning under an assumed identity with one goal – REVENGE”. Now doesn’t this sound familiar (if you’ve read my previous post that is)? I may watch some of this show; you know, if I can get past my dads awkward glance, wondering why I am watching this kind of show. I would have to spend a good five to ten minutes explaining, not only why I’m watching the show, but then elaborately explain what the show is about in as brief a way as possible.

            Aside from all of the issues my dad would have with me watching it, the show does help back up what I said about revenge being cyclical. It does indeed continue to start with pain and hatred, both of which are major symbols of humanity. We all bare pain and hatred, and seek revenge. However, this doesn’t exactly make it alright to get revenge. So this brings of the question of whether or not revenge is justifiable.