Kill Bill: Vol. 1
"Revenge is never a straight line. It's a forest, And like a forest it's easy to lose your way... To get lost... To forget where you came in."-Hattori Hanzo
An entire wedding party is slaughtered during a dress rehearsal in a rural chapel: the pregnant woman in the blood-splattered wedding dress is Black Mamba, better known as The Bride. The assassin, Bill, and his circle known as The Vipers left The Bride for dead, but unluckily for them she was merely comatose. Four years later, The Bride suddenly awakens from her coma and realizes what has been done to her. She sets off on a ferociously focused mission, setting out to seek revenge on her former master and his deadly squad of assassins. One by one, she kills the various members of the assassin group. She saves Bill for last.
"Why, what an ass am I!...Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words." (2.2.545-548). I have revenge on my mind and my mind of revenge. The others can not see past the life of killing and bloodshed as I, and therefore, I am greatly punished. Only months for I, the Prince of Denmark, but four for her. Four. The number of years she has slept. Thinking. Plotting. How will she take back what is rightfully hers. "Bloody, bawdy villain! Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!(2.2.541-542). Despite her success through merciless killing and torture, the societal class of us differ and thus, I must execute my revenge with caution and percision. "I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw"(2.2.351-352).
A scene from this volume which I hold must dear acts,
The Bride: [English] I've kept you alive for two reasons. And the first reason is information.
Sofie Fatale: [French] Burn in hell, blonde bitch! I'll tell you nothing!
The Bride: [English] But I am gonna ask you questions. And every time you don't give me answers, I'm gonna cut something off. And I promise you, they will be things you will miss. Give me your other arm!
[Sophie screams]
The following day Bill arrives:
Bill: If you had to guess where she was headed next, what would be your best guess?
Sofie Fatale: Guessing won't be necessary. She informed me. She said that I could keep my wicked life for two reasons...
[flashback]
The Bride: As I said before, I've allowed you to keep your wicked life for two reasons. And the second reason is so you can tell him in person everything that happened here tonight. I want him to witness the extent of my mercy by witnessing your deformed body. I want you to tell him all the information you just told me. I want him to know what I know. I want him to know I want him to know. And I want them all to know they'll all soon be as dead as O-Ren.
After much reflection I understand the mockery The Bride implements here. And, I have done due dilligence to do the same to the men behind the mirror. "He would drown the stage with tears/ And cleave the general ear with horrid speech" (2.2.521-522) "The play’s the thing/ Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king (2.2.566-567).
Revenge, like my crown, in not only within reach, it is within my right.
Works Cited:"Kill Bill: Vol. 1." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 23 Feb. 2016.
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