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Revenge: Learned or Instinctive?
Title: Revenge: Learned or Instinctive?
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 832 | Pages: 3.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Revenge: Learned or Instinctive?
Revenge has been a common theme in society since, perhaps, the dawn of time. We often hear people say, “Don’t get mad, get even.” And indeed, it has been ingrained into us that we must get retribution when someone does something wrong to us. In many ways, revenge is often a means of control; it gives us control over someone, when someone hurts us in some way. Some might say that revenge is an …showed first 75 words of 832 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 832 total…to have the transgressor pay. It is instinctually designed into us due to our emotional nature, and it is usually much easier than having to deal with the issue or to discuss it calmly and peacefully. Revenge gives us an almost twisted and perversed sense of control; it gives us control over the person who has committed such terrible acts against us. And who can deny the age-old (yet clichéd) phrase: “Revenge is sweet”?
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