1. Octavian VS Brutus
1.1. Brutus was one of those who decided to kill Caesar who had adopted Octavian. So when Ceaser died, Octavian successed him as he wanted to and decided to avenge his father. So a civil war started and it lead to the famous Battle in Filippi.
2. Greek
2.1. Iliad&Odyssey
2.1.1. Achille kills Ettore to avenge Patroclo and actually the whole was fought for revenge
2.2. Tragedies like “Oreste”, “Medea” “Edipo re”, “Ecuba”, “Aiace”, “Elettra”,”Le Coefore” and so on
2.2.1. All these tragedies recount stories of who is hungry for power, jealous or just tries to escape his destiny like Edipo. In all of them the main character decides to or has to kills his parents, his family or his friends because of hunger and revenge. For example in “ Le Coefore” Oreste has to kill his mother and his husband who killed Agamennone, Oreste’s father.
3. Art
3.1. Artemisia: the woman who was raped and dedicated her life to art and painting her feeling of revenge too.
3.2. “Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne” Botticelli
3.2.1. The painting represents Giuditta who just killed Oloferne with his head. Oloferne wants to beset the village where Giuditta lives. So she decides to seduce him and later kill him to avenge her community
4. Italian
4.1. Dante
4.1.1. Inferno
4.1.1.1. When Dante meets Filippo Argenti in the “Inferno” he is almost happy of his bad and desperate conditions. Filippo Argenti was an enemy of the Poet and in his Divine Comedy Dante decides to ridicule Argenti.
5. Latin
5.1. Virgilio
5.1.1. Eneide
5.1.1.1. Enea and Pallante
5.1.1.1.1. Their story is very similar to the one of Achille and Patroclo. Enea once in the Italian peninsula fought a battle. Pallante is killed and Enea decides to avenge his dead.
5.2. Seneca
5.2.1. Medea
5.2.1.1. “Medea”is one of the most unbelievable tragedy. It’s all about revenge. Once she left her family to follow and help Giasone- her husband, he decides to marry another woman- the princess of another reign actually and leave his wife and kids. Medea kills the new wife and her own children to let Giasone pain as much as she did. The tragedy is inspired by the one of Euripide.
6. English
6.1. Wuthering Heights
6.1.1. In Wuthering Heights the theme of revenge is seen when Heathcliff- who is hurt and angry- decides to marry Isabella. She is Edgar’s sister, so the sister in law of Catherine. Once he got married he decides to treat Isabella like a servant. That because of the hate he feels toward Edgar.
6.2. Shakespeare
6.2.1. Hamlet: it’s a poem about revenge, still the main character can’t avenge his father. Revenge&morality.
6.3. “Bloody Mary”
6.3.1. After the marriage between her father and Anne Boleyn Mary became really unimportant in the court and for her father. She became kinda paranoid and when she finally achieved the power she absolutely wanted to restore the catholic religion, becoming the fearsome “Bloody Mary”
7. Philosophy
7.1. Spinoza
7.1.1. Passions and emotions; theme of “conatus”
8. History
8.1. Austria VS Serbia because of the attempt in Sarajevo
8.1.1. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and Franz Ferdinand's wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip. This has been one of the reasons why the War was fought.