Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Primitive justice or retributive justice is often differentiated from more formal and refined forms of justice such as distributive justice and divine judgment.
Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1805–1808
Engraving by Gustave Doré illustrating the Erinyes, chthonic deities of vengeance and death
Shakespeare's Hamlet tells a history in which a man avenged the murder of his father by killing his uncle. Artist: Gustave Moreau.
German announcement of killing 2300 civilians in Kragujevac massacre as retaliation for 10 killed German soldiers. Nazi-occupied Serbia, 1941.
Justice, in its broadest sense, is the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is equitable and fair.
Evidence about the Nazi Ernst Kaltenbrunner's war crimes is presented at the Nuremberg trials.
Walter Seymour Allward's Justitia (Justice), outside Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Bonino da Campione, Justice, c. 1357, National Gallery of Art
Lex, justitia, pax (Latin for "Law, justice, peace") on the pediment of the Supreme Court of Switzerland
