Revenge - Taken
Revenge is one aspect of society that always comes into play after a problem, confrontation, or something that has happened between two main people or groups. When a person is harmed, that person being harmed will want to get that person back and get revenge. Revenge is a popular act chosen by authors of plays, novels, and movies to help develop the plot line of the story they are writing about. One popular movie is the sequel of Taken. Taken and Taken 2 are two very popular movies that show the act of revenge which develops the plot of the both of the movies.
In Taken, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) who is the father, has to save his daughter from the Albanian men who have taken his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). While in Paris, France, he has to defend himself and fight off many Albanian men involved in the scandal of prostitution of women, which is the reason why Kim had been taken. He ended up saving her in the end and bringing her back home to the United States. In the second movie, the Albanian relatives of the men who Bryan killed, want to seek revenge and put his life to an end like he did to their sons and brothers. Throughout the movie, certain actions are taken by Bryan and the Albanians to try to find their sense of revenge on the other one. In this post by CNN, they explain how the second movie is almost the same as the first, besides the main factor that in the second, the men are looking for revenge on Bryan for killing their brothers and sons. This act of revenge by these Albanian men show that revenge is a popular use and is used to develop the plot in a story of a movie, book, or play.
This revenge can also be compared to the act of revenge that is used in Hamlet written by William Shakespeare. In Hamlet, revenge is taken when the Ghost appears in front of Horatio, Marcellus, and Barnado. As they encounter the Ghost, they tell the news to Hamlet who also meets the ghost in private to speak. During their conversation, the Ghost tells Hamlet that he is his father and that his brother, Claudius had killed him by the use of poison. When Hamlet finds out about this, he begins to act differently towards others and he begins to find out ways to seek revenge on his uncle, Claudius. This was apparent when the Ghost said "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (1.5.25). Hamlet will soon take action in Act 5 of the play and we will have to see how he chooses to act upon his revenge.
The acts of revenge chosen in Hamlet and the Taken movies are both similar in that they try to get back at the people or person who initially started the problem. Also, all of the characters, Hamlet and the Albanian men, seem to seek the same revenge by attempting to kill the person who provoked the whole situation and caused it to be at the level it is.
Revenge is an important aspect and act that many writers use to help develop a plot of a movie, novel, or even play by having certain people react to something that another person has done. Not only is it popular in books and movies, but many people use revenge today in the real world after they have been angered by the actions of another person. It can be either in an angry or funny, nice manner, but all in all, revenge is a confession of pain!
This revenge can also be compared to the act of revenge that is used in Hamlet written by William Shakespeare. In Hamlet, revenge is taken when the Ghost appears in front of Horatio, Marcellus, and Barnado. As they encounter the Ghost, they tell the news to Hamlet who also meets the ghost in private to speak. During their conversation, the Ghost tells Hamlet that he is his father and that his brother, Claudius had killed him by the use of poison. When Hamlet finds out about this, he begins to act differently towards others and he begins to find out ways to seek revenge on his uncle, Claudius. This was apparent when the Ghost said "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (1.5.25). Hamlet will soon take action in Act 5 of the play and we will have to see how he chooses to act upon his revenge.
The acts of revenge chosen in Hamlet and the Taken movies are both similar in that they try to get back at the people or person who initially started the problem. Also, all of the characters, Hamlet and the Albanian men, seem to seek the same revenge by attempting to kill the person who provoked the whole situation and caused it to be at the level it is.
Revenge is an important aspect and act that many writers use to help develop a plot of a movie, novel, or even play by having certain people react to something that another person has done. Not only is it popular in books and movies, but many people use revenge today in the real world after they have been angered by the actions of another person. It can be either in an angry or funny, nice manner, but all in all, revenge is a confession of pain!
