the desire for vengeance theme

also known as: revenge

A character seeks retribution over a perceived injury or wrong.

452 total · 89 choice · 228 major · 133 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahh1x21 choice When the authorities proved unable to help, Mark decided to administer justice to his wife's murderer on his own.
ahh1x32 choice When the law failed him, Detective Paul Reardon took the law into his own hands to avenge the execution style killing of his son, and partner on the force, at the hands of a neighborhood crime syndicate.
ahh2x03 choice John Cooley started killing people that he thought might have been the ones that murdered his son, thus becoming the titular "Terror of Northfield".
ahh2x31 choice The story follows Howard as he plots a most unusual revenge for his having been falsely convicted of assault: seduce his alleged victim, marry her, and then blow her to bit on their honeymoon.
ahh3x01 choice Verge becomes obsessed with avenging himself on Riley McGrath, who had killed Verge's father and gotten away with it.
ahh3x05 choice The mysterious stranger turned out to be a vengeful ex who wanted the girlfriend dead and the crime pinned on George.
ahh3x24 choice The conclusion which the story lead up to was that Agatha came up with a clever scheme to avenge herself (and the late Mary) on Jarvis: She removed evidence of Mary's suicide and tricked Jarvis into implicating himself. She then called the cops who ended up killing Jarvis in a shootout.
ahp1x01 choice Carl exhibited the eponymous theme: vengeance.
ahp1x06 choice Lois believed Dan wanted revenge for his brother's murder.
ahp3x23 choice The story was one of Sadie Grimes plotting vengeance against her son's unknown murderer.