All 3 Uses of
vengeance
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Even if I imagine a scheme of vengeance, what could I do better for my object than to let thee live—than to give thee medicines against all harm and peril of life—so that this burning shame may still blaze upon thy bosom?†
Chpt 4
- Therefore, as a man who has not thought and philosophised in vain, I seek no vengeance, plot no evil against thee.†
Chpt 4 *
- All that dark treasure to be lavished on the very man, to whom nothing else could so adequately pay the debt of vengeance!†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(vengeance as in: vengeance is mine) the act of taking revenge
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.)