![]() ![]() ![]() Both “Ransom” and “Invictus” reveal the power of revenge and how striving for vengeance can lead to further destruction of the soul. Revenge is the action of harming or hurting someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands. Through his actions he perfectly demonstrates the futility of revenge. ![]() In “Invictus”, Eastwood portrays the new South African president, Nelson Mandela, as a very powerful man who believes he can unite the nation through forgiveness of those who put him in jail 27 years earlier and moving forward with the goal of reconciliation at the forefront of his plans. In comparison, Eastwood’s “Invictus” uncovers the dominance that forgiveness holds and its ability to bring two opposing groups together is times of social unrest and severe racial discrimination. In all his attempts to get vengeance, Achilles in unsuccessful as he becomes more enraged every time Hector’s body is fully restored. In “Ransom”, Greek warrior and hero Achilles attempts to get vengeance by desecrating Hector’s body after Hector slayed his most beloved friend Patroclus. Malouf’s reinvention of Homer’s Iliad teaches us that revenge is not the answer to these kinds of problems. The novel “Ransom” by David Malouf and the new age film “Invictus” directed by Clint Eastwood both echo the futile nature of revenge while focussing on and expressing the power that mercy possesses in the struggle to create peace and eventually accomplish unity. ![]()
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