ABSTRACT
Through the many discussions that we have had with others, we have understood that the revenge theme is a loaded one and draws immediate interest. People have also said to us many times, “Come on, now, there has to be a positive revenge”, or something else in that spirit, meaning that the revenge act can be justified. The one seeking revenge looks for an outlet for their intense feeling and a target at which to aim it in order to regain a good self-image. In certain cases, they offer an elegant performance in how to give someone a dose of their own medicine. They can sometimes find just the right words and thrive on a chance to be brutally honest. However, we believe that in the expression “positive revenge” people confuse revenge with other psychic phenomena such as limit-setting integrity, restoration, or other moral concepts such as justice.
