REVENGE:The Outcome Depends on the Strategy

Characters in many medieval literary collections commonly practice the act of revenge. Sometimes, the character seeking the revenge is successful, other times he/she is unsuccessful. In The Decameron, on the eighth day, seventh tale, Rinieri carefully constructs a way to achieve revenge on Elena, and he succeeds. In The Lais of Marie de France, the lais “Bisclavret” is about a wife who schemes to get revenge on her husband, but her plan backfires in the end. If the scholar Rinieri could teach the wife in “Bisclavret” how to develop a successful revenge strategy, he would advise her to be patient, try to force the victim to understand the revenge, and make sure the victim learns a lesson from their punishment.
When Rinieri vows to get revenge on Elena, the first thing he does is become very patient and waits for the right time. He leaves it up to Fate to determine the circumstances under which he can get back at Elena. In other words, his Yin personality leads him to...