While “revenge complete” offers a satisfying narrative beat and a transient neurochemical reward, as a real-world goal it fails to deliver durable peace or resolution. The most common post-revenge emotion is not triumph, but emptiness. End of report.

| Genre | Example | Outcome for Avenger | |-------|---------|----------------------| | Tragedy | Hamlet (Claudius dies, but Hamlet also dies) | Pyrrhic victory; avenger destroyed. | | Action/Thriller | The Count of Monte Cristo (Dantès ruins his enemies) | Emptiness; he abandons revenge for love. | | Epic | The Iliad (Achilles kills Hector) | Grief persists; desecration of body brings no peace. |