Tarantino
Revenge or justice
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Tarantino, violence, revenge, justiceAbstract
Tarantino's movies constantly resort to violence, but they do so taking into account certain elements that justify it in spectator’s gaze. Although his protagonists use violence, they assume that they must limit it as recommended by legitimate self-defense or deserved revenge, as opposed to its indiscriminate use by the antagonists. Since reality is unpleasant, Tarantino rewrites history as the avenging God who imposes his justice on the world. To make this possible, violence appears as an instrument that builds a new reality that redeems those who deserve it.
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