... state of Ohio, both stories are set in different cultures from ours and from one another, America been a rich, powerful country and Corsica been quite a small, poor country at the time. The three main characters in the story Vendetta are the Widow Saverini, Antoine Saverini the widow's son and the Widow Saverini's dog Semillante, another character who doesn't have a very significant role is Nicolas Ravolati. The theme of justice is explored in the story; each character can be positioned on the justice - injustice spectrum one way or another, the Widow Saverini is not given justice by anyone after her son is killed, she is required to take the law into her own hands so she can seek the justice she deserves by performing the Vendetta, Saverini's son Antoine is killed while in a quarrel with Nicolas Ravolati, Antoine is not given any justice whatsoever, he is killed ...

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