Philosophers on revenge?

[summersanders]

Hi you guys I am new around here and loving these forums :smilewinkgrin:

So I am having a bit of a problem....

I am doing an essay on The Scarlet Letter, we got to make up our own prompt so right now I am going to write 1000 words on "How philosophy is used in characterization of The Scarlet Letter". So far I have made an outline and I am going to show how Smith's theory of sympathy applies to Pearl and how Thoreau's Civil Disobediance helps define Hester. I am looking for a good philosopher from around Hawthorne's time who's veiws could help define Roger Chillingworth. So basically could you guys direct me to any Philosopher who downtrods revenge?

[Theunderground]

Monsieur Nietzsche considers it a big part of his philosophy that it is beneath great individuals to display 'ressentiment'. Further he contends many of the decadents from history have produced their 'religions' and movementsas a consequenceof resenting the upper class elite rulers,and thus gaining their revenge when their ideologies (ie judaism,christianity.) overthrew the ruling elite.( eg the christianisation and fall of the roman empire by the 'meek'.)

[Dodo25]

Inspired by the name of the poster above:

Dostoyevsky's 'Notes from the Underground' (a satire of nihilistic existentialism) deals with revenge.