Are you looking for some other literature with which to
compare the theme of revenge? I am not sure if this is what you are asking, but if so,
what about the theme of revenge in The Count of Monte Cristo? In
this novel, Dantes learns in the end that revenge is destructive and that forgiveness is
redemptive. Heathcliff does not learn to forgive, and it destroys him. This is perhaps
why he is haunted by Catherine's ghost. Maybe you have already used this with regard to
your theme of revenge.
Are you looking for other works that
use ghosts as messengers? Ghosts are often symbolic ways in literature of sending a
message to the living. Think about the ghost in A Christmas Carol.
In this story, Scrooge learns, from Marley's ghost, that he needs to change
his ways. The ghost is sent as a warning. You could also use the ghost of Hamlet's
father. In this play, the ghost wants Hamlet to seek revenge for his murder. There are
also a lot of short stories that feature ghosts or people rising from the dead (or
people imagining that they are seeing ghosts) - The Fall of the House of
Usher comes to mind, or The Tell-Tale Heart. Also, what
about Macbeth and Banquo's ghost? If you want something more modern, in The
Lovely Bones, the murdered girl, Susie Salmon, is looking down from heaven,
trying to get people to figure out who killed her. Some characters in the story "sense"
her spectral presence, although she isn't really a true ghost. Nevertheless, she is
seeking that her murder be solved and in a sense, vengeance -- although it is more like
justice.
If this is not what you are asking, please re-post
so that we can help you further.
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