The motiv of making the enemy repent of his misdeed is. indeed, far from the thoughts of the man who takes revenge. Bacon is, however, right he says that a man who meditates revenge keeps his wounds green. He is also right when he says that revengeful persons miserable lives. Bacon's attitude towards those who do wilful injury to their friends can also be defended There is nothing very original to striking about the ideas expressed in this essay However, it contains sound advice for the average reader. This essay is more or less a lesson in morality. It s a didactic essay and is an intelligent study of human nature. terse As for style, this essay is a model of compactness. Bacon's and pithy manner of writing finds a perfect Many of the sentences have that aphoristic quality for which Bacon s famous. Here are examples of sentences which are packed with matter (i) "For as for the first wrong, but the does but offend the law office.' revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of (ii) "Therefore they do bat trifle with themselves, that labour In past matters. (iii) "But base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark.' (iv) "This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do wel essay, Bacon makes a liberal use of quotations in his essays. This mon, which is very brief, contains three and the third from Job another from Cosimo Medici, Thus two of these are biblical quotations and another is historical There are plenty of allusions historical allusions n the essays of Bacon. There a here to Caesar, Pertinax and Henery Ill of France besides Cosimo de Medici Bacon's tions, similes, and metaphors Men nature are here to the thorn and the briar which prick and scratch, because they "do no other Cowardly persons who take revenge in a secret manner are compared to the arrow that fieth in the dark. persons are compared to witches who, being mischievous, meet a sad fate. An extreme condensation of style often leads to obscurity. But, though written in an extremely condensed style, this essay is from obscurity Bacon's meaning in every sentence of this essay is perfectly clear. Indeed, Bacon's style is here transparently