The significance of revenge in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The Blood Wedding

In Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The Cherry Orchard the motives behind revenge stem from insecurity and gaining acceptance. The Vicario twins callously murder Santiago driven by their faith in preserving the traditions of the Church while Lopakhin orchestrates a bloodless revenge against the Ranyevskies in order to gain their acceptance and equal status. Both these acts of revenge are based on insecurity on part of the institutions that the twins and Lopakhin are committing the vengeful actions: the Church and capitalism. The Church seeks to reinforce its position in peoples’ lives and needs to set an example while Lopakhin wants his capitalism views to be respected and integrated into the existing upper class. Therefore, revenge in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The Cherry Orchard is a route to uphold the ideals of the respective institutions the Vicario twins and Lopakhin are attempting to endorse.
The Vicario twins’ retribution against Santiago is driven by their d...