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A Poetics of ForgivenessAnger without Emotion: Revenge from the Iliad to Kill Bill

A Poetics of Forgiveness: Anger without Emotion: Revenge from the Iliad to Kill Bill [I begin not with forgiveness but with revenge. I do this because I want to engage with arguments in favor of revenge, some of which I outlined in the “Introduction” chapter, and also because I want to make the important distinction between revenge as it is played out in fictional worlds in contrast to the real world of actions and consequences. More importantly, I want to demonstrate that forgiveness must be historically and culturally situated and that there are times when forgiveness simply has no role to play. Forgiveness is first and foremost the letting go of resentment toward another for a wrongdoing, but if there is no resentment then what role does forgiveness play?1] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Poetics of ForgivenessAnger without Emotion: Revenge from the Iliad to Kill Bill

Scott, Jill
Springer Journals — Oct 10, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2010
ISBN
978-1-349-37911-8
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25 –43
DOI
10.1057/9780230106246_2
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Abstract

[I begin not with forgiveness but with revenge. I do this because I want to engage with arguments in favor of revenge, some of which I outlined in the “Introduction” chapter, and also because I want to make the important distinction between revenge as it is played out in fictional worlds in contrast to the real world of actions and consequences. More importantly, I want to demonstrate that forgiveness must be historically and culturally situated and that there are times when forgiveness simply has no role to play. Forgiveness is first and foremost the letting go of resentment toward another for a wrongdoing, but if there is no resentment then what role does forgiveness play?1]

Published: Oct 10, 2015

Keywords: Male Lead; Fictional World; Action Hero; Moral Anger; Male Hero

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