... men, riding the toll-keeper and the guard who were standing in conversation in the gateway. They set fire to every outhouse in the cartilage, and as these burst into flames Kohlhaas rushed into the castle...Kohlhaas entered the hall, seized Junker Hans Von Tronka, as he came towards him, by the jerkin and hurled him into a corner, dashing his brains against the stones." (138) Michael searches for Van Tronka but this one has escaped, when Kohlhaas realizes Tronka escaped he acts with fury and burns down the castle. Michael Kohlhaas has been blinded by his passion for vengeance and he is acting shameful. In this moment of the story Martin Luther becomes an important character, he tells Kohlhaas to end with his rampage of rage, "Kohlhaas, you claim to have been sent to weild the sword of justice, but what are you presuming to do In the insanity of your blind ...

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