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Violence for retribution strikes a delicate balance between what is just and what is right. There are often many angles presented during war, many of which cannot be truly understood unless one is placed in the time and setting. Thus each culture draws different conclusions to the morality of war. The Edwardian period was the first phase of the hundred-year war. As depicted in the “Lagoon” and Heart of Darkness, both depict the use of violence as amoral rather than immoral. To illustrate Kurtz in Heart of darkness comes to a realization that his horrendous actions are inhumane and he will die with his sins. This Edwardian period although heavily infused with war, also showed some economic and social changes. This era illustrated a change into socialism, which depicted equality to the lower class citizens during the time, in turn leaving people questioning the status of war.  Today, we have seen the result of violence as retribution with the retaliation of 9/11 attacks. The terrorist attacks left America, shock and terrified; two qualities that disable our ability to think properly. As America rushed into two wars (Afghanistan and Iraq) both of which we lost. Violence of retribution has killed many American soldiers as well as many innocent Iraqis and Afghanistanis.