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| - | '''Rape / Revenge''' is a genre of [[exploitation film]]s that was particularly popular in the 1970s. Rape / revenge movies all follow the same three-act structure: | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| - | * Act I: A woman is [[gang rape]]d, tortured, and left for dead. | + | "[[Revenge is a dish best served cold]]" |
| - | * Act II: The woman survives and rehabilitates herself. | + | |} |
| - | * Act III: The woman brutally murders all of her rapists. | + | [[Image:Salome, c. 1530 - Cranach.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Salome (Lucas Cranach the Elder)|Salome]]'' (c. 1530) by Lucas Cranach the Elder]] |
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| - | In some cases, the woman is killed at the end of the first act, and the "revenge" is carried out by her family. The most well-known rape / revenge movie is ''[[I Spit On Your Grave]]''. Other notable rape / revenge movies include [[They Call Her One Eye]], and [[Last House on the Left]]. | + | '''Revenge''' is committing a [[harmful]] action against a person or group in response to a [[grievance]], be it real or perceived. Primitive [[justice]] or [[retributive justice]] is often differentiated from more formal and refined forms of justice such as [[distributive justice]] and [[divine judgment]]. |
| - | + | == See also == | |
| - | Although rape / revenge films ubiquitously claim to have a moral that the rapists "get what they deserve", the genre is frequently criticized for using that moral to justify creating exploitive and lurid rape scenes, followed by exploitive scenes of gruesome violence. | + | *[[Revenge is a dish best served cold]] |
| - | + | *The [[revenge play]], a form of [[tragedy]], extremely popular in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. | |
| - | ==References== | + | *[[Rape / Revenge]] [[exploitation film]]s |
| - | *{{cite book |last= Clover |first= Carol J. |authorlink= Carol J. Clover |title= Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film |origyear= 1992 |publisher= Princeton University Press |language= English |isbn= 0691006202}} | + | == See also == |
| + | *[[Retributive justice]] | ||
| + | *[[Culture of honor]] | ||
| + | *[[Nemesis (mythology)]] | ||
| + | *[[Lawsuit]] | ||
| + | *[[Crime of passion]] | ||
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Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Primitive justice or retributive justice is often differentiated from more formal and refined forms of justice such as distributive justice and divine judgment.
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- Revenge is a dish best served cold
- The revenge play, a form of tragedy, extremely popular in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.
- Rape / Revenge exploitation films
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