“Everybody kills their lovers,” Oscar Wilde once said, and with these words he sadly and brilliantly formulated a certain phenomenon that existed centuries before him and will, alas, exist centuries after. It will always exist as long as there are lovers and loved ones in the world, because love is not always mutual and it does not always bring only happiness. Man is an imperfect creature. And, unfortunately, not very kind. If he is offended that his beloved or loved one underestimates him, if his feelings are not returned, he is inclined to become embittered, and sometimes even take revenge. Revenge for scolded love - is this a crime? Shouldn't you punish the one who betrayed you, who cheated?.. At all times, it seems to every abandoned person that his suffering is the most severe, and the offender is a villain like no other. The names of those who cruelly avenged their love, as well as those who suffered for it, are on everyone’s lips: the beautiful Margaret of Navarre; secret spouses Abelard and Heloise; the wife of Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky, who could not bear the shame, is Ulita; unrequitedly in love with her Russian husband, and taking revenge on him for this, Queen Tamara... Yes, retribution was done. But did the avenger always receive true satisfaction?