We, as a people, universally say that revenge is bad because it solves nothing and in most cases makes things worse. However, this does not necessarily mean that all types of revenge are bad. In many cases, it seems justified. For example, in "Taken," Liam Neison's character goes on a rampage trying to save his daughter from a Russian sex trafficking gang. We, as an audience, had no problem with this, because we believed that those Russians deserved to get punched in the throat. This explains to me that not only we, as a society, believe in order and justice. We also see the fairness and self-satisfaction of revenge. Doyle tries to show this idea in “Five Orange Pips”. At the conclusion of the tale, Holmes explains his findings to Watson and mentions: "At last we heard that somewhere far out in the Atlantic a...boat was seen rocking in the trough of a wave, with the letters 'LS' carved into it. above, and that is all we will ever know about the fate of the Lone Star. (page 20) This provides satisfaction to the reader, knowing that these killers got what they deserved makes the audience feel relieved appears barbaric because if humanity were truly masters of order and justice it would not receive any satisfaction from the killing of men on one level
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