Skip to main content

What does this quote mean: “Revenge is an act…?

“Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.”

3 Answers

E
Elmer Mueller

Feb 20, 2025

Revenge is a selfish act, done for your own satisfaction. Vengeance is an often-selfless duty to see justice done, and thus the nobler act. The first is driven by desire, the second by duty.... Show More
E
Elmer Mueller

Feb 20, 2025

I like to think about it like this. Your neighbor accidentally runs over your dog, so you deliberately poison his dog. Not only is that extraordinarily petty, it's just plain evil. That's revenge. Or say your neighbor deliberately murders your wife, so to get revenge you kill his wife. That's revenge, and has no basis in justice. Vengeance is delivering justice to a deliberately guilty party. Like if your neighbor were to ɾąքҽ and murder your daughter, but then get off on a technicality. Taking him out to the woods and blowing his head off would be an act of vengeance.Modern western morality doesn't see much of a difference. And the law doesn't see any difference at all. But historically, people have been sympathetic to vengeance. And a lot of us still are. But while vengeance is popular in Hollywood movies -- A Time to Kill, or any number of action movies, people seem to be less sympathetic in real life. The whole taking the law into your own hands complaint.... Show More

Want to answer this question?

Join our community to share your knowledge!

Categories

Tags

Related Questions

10
what does this shirt mean?

http://www.hollisterco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servl...what does the nia mean?

10
What does this song really mean?

Bob Marley -looking in your big brown eyesI’ve been watching you alalalalalong alalalalalonglongleelonglonglongCome on a...

9
What does this verse “Hello is the Martian, Space Jam Gardens” in Forever mean?

Its the part rapped by Lil Wayne in Forever by Drake ft Kayne West, Lil Wayne, and EminemHello cannot be a Martianand Sp...

8
What does this word mean?

I got a fortune cookie and it said you are the mast of every situation. What does mast mean??? I have no idea plz help!!

10
What does “tick me off” means?

I told a guy i’m dating that you become crazy when u’re drunk. He replied “Only if u tick me off otherwise I’m a fun dru...

10
What does TMU mean on a cars title??

i no it has to do somethign with the mileage because they said " i dont no the cars mileage because the title says TMU"...