Mr_Mr111@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 21 hours agoHave you ever successfully plotted revenge? Why? And was it worth it?message-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareHave you ever successfully plotted revenge? Why? And was it worth it?Mr_Mr111@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 21 hours agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 hours agoEdgar Allen Poe laid out the rules for a fully satisfying revenge in his story The Cask of Amontillado: The revenge has to be worse than the original offense. You have to get away with it. The person has to know who did it, and why, yet there’s nothing they can do about it. Take away any of those factors, and it isn’t a fully satisfying revenge plot.
Edgar Allen Poe laid out the rules for a fully satisfying revenge in his story The Cask of Amontillado:
The revenge has to be worse than the original offense.
You have to get away with it.
The person has to know who did it, and why, yet there’s nothing they can do about it.
Take away any of those factors, and it isn’t a fully satisfying revenge plot.