Revenge is considered to be a part of human nature, which can prevent transgressors from harming others. Both Euripides and Flynn use their main characters’ professed need for justice, desire to achieve power and skills at manipulation in order to demonstrate that revenge is a selfish and destructive act driven by pride and an obsession with control that can harm innocent bystanders. The professed need for justice motivates both characters to make their husband’s not only suffer, but to acknowledge the damage they have caused. In Euripides’ play, Medea’s husband abandons his wife and children to marry a young princess from Corinth. Jason stops supporting his family to wed a younger princess (Medea: Characters). Medea reacts horribly to his …show more content…
(19) At the end of the play, she destroys all of her responsibilities and relationships to establish justice causing Jason to be left with nothing (46) In Flynn’s movie adaption, Amy Elliot Dunne’s husband has been unfaithful to her. His decisions causes his wife to seek revenge and slowly receive justice by disappearing and framing her own murder. When driving away from Missouri and escaping Nick, she says, “ … presumably dead, gone and my lazy, lying, cheating, oblivious husband will go to prison for my murder” (Fincher 1:06:22). His laziness and infidelity drives Amy to want Nick to be executed for his wrongful acts. She wants Nick to pay for his actions and death is the greatest form of payback. However, she chooses to remain with him after his television appearance. She forces him to continue their marriage and have a child that certainly will cause the utmost torture for Nick, but justice for Amy. Furthermore, Medea and Amy certainly prove that they will go to extreme measures to establish justice in their