Revenge

Retaliation intended to punish someone for a perceived injury or wrong.

Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or wrong, often motivated by personal anger.

Revenge means punishing someone in return for a wrong. Forgiveness means relinquishing that revenge, but reconciliation goes further: it involves repairing the relationship. Prospero can choose to forgive Antonio without making Antonio repent or restoring brotherly affection.

The desire or action of harming someone in return for a wrong suffered, rather than seeking an impartial judgement.

Build an argument about what revenge achieves, rather than simply listing acts of violence.

Compare the creature’s need for revenge with Victor’s later dependence on it, using precise words from both.

For an extract question, analyse the printed extract closely and connect its presentation of revenge to relevant moments elsewhere in the novel.

Retaliation against someone who has caused injury or harm, usually driven by personal anger rather than impartial judgement.

Punishment inflicted on someone in return for a wrong they have committed.

Yet Prospero also ensures that nobody dies. His concern for their safety supports the interpretation that his purpose may always have been restoration and reform rather than murderous revenge.

Retaliation intended to make someone suffer for a real or perceived injury.

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