William Faulkner's novel "The Unvanquished".

In William Faulkner's book The Unvanquished, the revenge theme unifies the story. Each main character tries to get revenge on someone or something. Bayard and Ringo avenging the death of Granny show the first form of revenge: traditional Southern revenge. Second, when Drusilla goes off to war to avenge the death of her fiancé, she kills plenty of men but she never receives closure on his death. The third and final form of revenge, when …showed first 75 words of 703 total…

…showed last 75 words of 703 total…hunting her assassin down and killing him. Secondly, Drusilla goes to war to avenge the death of her fiancé, but she never finds peace. Lastly, Bayard avenges Colonel John Sartoris' death in his own way, proving that the revenge benefits the avenger, rather than the dead. In conclusion, in William Faulkner's novel The Unvanquished, the avenger uses revenge to calm the soul and to get closure, rather than to make the killer come to justice.