Characterizing Revenge in the Past and Present

Everybody has felt and taken action on the emotion of revenge, whether it is on your sibling, friend, or enemy. Vengeance is an extremely popular emotion in today's life as it was Shakespeare's time. Today, this reaction is apparent on the news when, for example a Palestinian terrorist organization will blow up a bus full of Israelis because of a military action that the Israeli army made. It also occurs on many television shows such as soap operas. The idea was also evident during Shakespeare's time and was included in many of his plays, one of the most notable being the tragedy Othello.…