ipl-logo

Revenge In Film

751 Words4 Pages

We all want revenge, we have all had something, or someone, do something terrible and we all wish and hope to get back at them. Hoping it will solve the issue and the hurt caused that we actually trusted them in the first place at all. While Derek laid in prison, raped, and utterly broken from the inside out, Dr. Bob Sweeney asked him “Has anything you’ve done made your life better?”. Derek then put his head down in shame, he had finally realized after so many years, that hate and revenge never really made him happy, and he was never truly satisfied with any of the choices he had made in life. Even near the end of the movie, they point out the same concept. Both brothers had gone to their room, and in slow motion, they had taken down all their racist and prejudice posters. Then Danny sat down, and he wrote how he had finally, after such a long time, seen the sun come up rather than down every night. How he was finally happy, along with his family. Revenge is never the answer to happiness, we must let go of what holds us back in life in order to move forward. But a second theme they had laid out through this entire movie …show more content…

But what about the present colors, they make the overall setting a type of fall like coloring with brown and dark colors, before then switching it to bright spring ones that ends the movie. The color scheme itself ties more to Danny rather than Derek, and the growth he must go through to be able to see the beautiful Spring colors he had seen as a kid. It is used in the entire movie, from the way he sees the world, he sees it in dull colors, where everyone is like leafs and slowing leaving him, and in a way, he feels alone. More specifically it is used before Derek actually sits down and tells Danny his story. They go to the party and everything is dull and just loud as if it’s a Halloween party. Then Danny catches up with him

Show More
Related

  • Why Is Revenge Important In Hamlet

    732 Words  | 3 Pages

    Hamlet is a story about revenge and power, due to the recent death of the King of Denmark. The following events include madness, which leads to Hamlet killing King Claudius’ advisor, Polonius. Word about the death of his father got to Laertes who was in England. Laertes returned to Denmark to find his sister distraught and drove to madness. Shortly after his return, Ophelia is found dead by the cause of drowning.

    Read More

  • Revenge In Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone

    712 Words  | 3 Pages

    Revenge Isn’t so Sweet “While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself,” says Douglas Horton, an academic leader. A Long Way Gone shows us a story of revenge when a young boy gets swept up in a war after his family is killed at only twelve years old. Ishmael Beah in the novel A Long Way Gone illustrates that revenge is never the answer when he joins the army out of spite, loses his humanity in the war and struggles to forgive himself after his journey.

    Read More

  • Theme Of Revenge In To Kill A Mockingbird

    696 Words  | 3 Pages

    According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of revenge is “to inflict injury in return for.” In To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) by Harper Lee, Scout, and Jem explore Civil Rights and racism in the segregated Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. Expressed through the eyes of 7-year-old, you learn about her father Atticus Finch, an attorney who desperately tries to prove the innocence of a black man falsely accused of rape; and about Boo Radley, a mysterious neighbor who saves Scout and Jem from being slaughtered by Bob Ewell. In the scene when Jem and Scout are attacked by Bob Ewell, Lee develops the theme, revenge brings consequences through external conflict, and symbolism. Seeking destructive revenge always creates a larger issue.

    Read More

  • Who Is The Narrator's Identity In The Chosen

    1226 Words  | 5 Pages

    He ends up seeing Danny, his best friend, only as a Hasidic Jew, not as an individual person with his own feelings, thoughts, and ideas. The narrator explains himself in the novel “Suddenly I had the feeling that everything around me was out of focus.” (Potok 133) This is the way he saw Danny in his eyes, With the help of anonymous narrator’s father, anonymous narrator learns to not pay attention to his weird thoughts and later looks beneath

    Read More

  • Travel Team Character Analysis

    488 Words  | 2 Pages

    Danny loves basketball and every time he steps out on that court, he plays with his whole heart. Nobody or nothing can take that away from him. He would do anything to play on the “all-star” basketball traveling team, but his dreams are crushed when he doesn’t make the team because he is supposedly too short. I find the relationship between Danny and his father very interesting. His parents are divorced so he doesn’t see his dad very often, but if

    Read More

  • Tradition In 'The Lottery And Bloodflowers'

    645 Words  | 3 Pages

    Danny is trapped on the island as the “chains [are still] on the boats” (Valgardson 219). He has nowhere to escape to and awaits his death on the island. Though he is an innocent man, since the townspeople chose him as the “king” he must be killed as it is the island’s annual ritual. Both the scenarios illustrate the deaths of innocent people as the townspeople continue to perform their annual

    Read More

  • Revenge Will You Feel Better Analysis

    277 Words  | 2 Pages

    There are many forms of revenge and there are many views on whether it is right or wrong and whether or not it can make someone feel better. In the article “Revenge: Will You Feel Better?”, Karyn Hall Ph.D. explains how no matter how powerful urge is to get revenge on someone because they have wronged you, the outcome usually only makes both subjects involved feel much worse. She explains how all revenge is rooted in anger and sadness. Hall makes the conclusion that “Maybe the purpose of revenge is in preventing certain hostile actions....”, meaning that if one gets revenge on another, it is possible that he or she has just intimidated the other enough to not repeat the same action that made him get revenge in the first place. Hall also believes

    Read More

  • The Theme Of Revenge In The Crucible

    388 Words  | 2 Pages

    In the play The Crucible, character such as Abigail and Thomas Putnam seek revenge from others, so much so that it becomes and recurring theme throughout the play. The theme of revenge can best be shown through the characters Abigail Williams, Thomas Putnam, and Giles Corey. Abigail Williams, one of the main characters in the play, becomes one to the biggest contenders for the theme of revenge. It is revealed in the beginning of the play that Abigail has committed adultery with John Proctor. This becomes the root of the revenge because Abigail now thinks that “there is promise in such sweat.”

    Read More

  • Act Of Vengeance Analysis

    2126 Words  | 9 Pages

    Vengeance has been an ongoing problem for many centuries. In the long run, with the new generation, they have been following the same pattern to get revenge, without knowing the reasons why. If no one is willing to stop and think it over, to evaluate if it’s worth the risk, then the act of vengeance will be ongoing at the cost of many lives. Many people do not realize that having to avenge the death of a loved one will take so much time and patience in their lives. In the short story, “An Act of Vengeance,” by Isabel Allende, the issue involves a young girl who gets raped by Tadeo Cespedes, whom also killed her father on the same day.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of What's Inside By Avi

    822 Words  | 4 Pages

    In the text it says, “I went out into the hall to the phone and called my father.” The narrator made quick good decisions. By calling their parents, he knew he was saving Danny’s life. So overall, Danny realized people did care for him which was family.

    Read More

  • Importance Of Revenge In Hamlet

    764 Words  | 4 Pages

    Revenge is a major part of life, even with minor things people like to get major revenge, and the same can be said for major things also. While revenge is a huge thing it can lead to bad results. Revenge is a major theme in William Shakespeare 's Hamlet, revenge is seen through Hamlet’s revenge for his father, Laertes’ revenge for his father, and Fortinbras’ revenge on Denmark for Norway. Hamlet’s revenge is the main part of the play, after his uncle killed his father and married Hamlet’s mom Hamlet wanted to get revenge. However due to Hamlet not being able to do it fast, his revenge tends to drag on leading to many other people getting affected by it, namely Polonius.

    Read More

  • 12 Angry Men Case Study

    858 Words  | 4 Pages

    In a New York City, an 18-year-old male from a slum is on a trial claiming that he is responsible for his father death by stabbing him After both sides has finished their closing argument in the trial, the judge asks the jury to decide whether the boy is guilty or not The judge informs the jury decided the boy is guilty, he will face a death sentence as a result of this trial The jurors went into the private room to discuss about this case. At the first vote, all jurors vote guilty apart from Juror 8 (Henry Fonda), he was the only one who voted “Note Guilty” Juror 8 told other jurors that they should discuss about this case before they put a boy into a death sentence

    Read More

  • Ed Mcbain And Even Hunter The Last Spin

    343 Words  | 2 Pages

    The reader and even Tigo can see that Danny is nervous. Also, after the first rounds pass by, “This is a good way to lose weight, you know that? Tigo laughed nervously, and then his laugh became honest when he saw Danny was laughing with

    Read More

  • Shakespeare Use Of Revenge In Hamlet Research Paper

    1305 Words  | 6 Pages

    In Shakespeare’s, Hamlet, revenge plays a major role in how the characters act. They base their actions off of getting revenge. Hamlet, Laertes, and Young Fortinbras all are trying to get revenge for their fathers. All three of the characters use different methods for getting revenge and they all get different results. Shakespeare uses these three characters to show that revenge can consume you and that is all that you want and he shows how harmful it can be.

    Read More

  • Theme Of Revenge In The Merchant Of Venice

    966 Words  | 4 Pages

    When we were little we were taught the Merchant of Venice in school. What I could grasp from the Christian version imparted to us was ' a cruel Jew wanted to harm a Christian gentleman and his subjugation to justice by Portia 's wits. ' Thus for me justice was served. However now reading it again my previous presumptions have been replaced with questions. The 'Jew ' is the question; why did the Jew did what he did?, what made him the spited Jew, Shylock?.

    Read More

More about Revenge In Film

Open Document