revenge plot
Planned bitter retaliation
A revenge plot is a scheme to inflict harm on someone who has wronged you.
The term appears in two contexts: literary analysis, where it describes a narrative driven by a protagonist's quest for vengeance Hamlet is the quintessential revenge plot, and real life, where it suggests premeditated retaliation Police uncovered a revenge plot against his former business partner.
- vendettaProlonged retaliatory conflict
- score to settleGrievance requiring revenge
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- long conProtracted, elaborate swindle
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
betrayal · double cross · manipulation · master plan · sabotage · injustice · avenger · anger · obsession · slow burn · assassination · sworn enemy · framing · confrontation · retribution · downfall · fall from grace · orchestrate
- martial arts filmskung fu, karate, ninja, samurai, wuxia
- soap opera plotsbetrayal, jealousy, secret romance, love triangle, secret affair
- Tropeschosen one, hero's journey, red herring, deus ex machina, damsel in distress
- revenge talesvengeance, vendetta, retribution, blood feud, grudge
- Revenge TragedyHamlet, avenger, retribution, Electra, Medea
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, detective novel
revenge plotforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
peace offering · goodwill gesture · olive branch · act of kindness · healing process
revenge plotforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
letting go · moving on · absolution · pardon · reconciliation
revenge plotredemption arc
Narrative journey toward atonement
forgiveness story · healing journey · love story · rescue mission · protection plan