Láska’s love for his daughter and his need to protect her is a perfect thematic rhyme for Modráček’s love for his sister. By depriving Anička of her father for having first deprived him of his sister (even if this were true), Modráček is not acting justly — the strict ‘eye for an eye’ justice has been abrogated over two thousand years ago. To lift the matter out of the context of Judeo-Christian theology altogether, simply and philosophically put, one cannot set right one immoral action by perpetrating another action that is just as immoral. The two actions cancel each another out, as far as the balance of morality is concerned, and all parties are left with empty hands. Petra James’ words concerning the subtitle of The Vow are worth remembering here:
The book is thus conceived by the aut
