“White Bear” is a twisted short film that depicts an extreme side of retributive justice.  Retributive justice can be defined as “that those who commit certain kinds of wrongful acts, paradigmatically serious crimes, morally deserve to suffer a proportionate punishment” (Stanford encyclopedia of Philosophy) Or in a simpler sense, the punishment fits the crime. In my opinion, I feel that retributive justice is good to an extent; however, in this case the limit was definitely exceeded. By erasing her memories, the initial purpose of the entire plan was diminished and the justice turned to revenge seeking torture and mere amusement. Although I do not agree with the actions committed by Victoria and her fiancé, I do empathize for Victoria. From my interpretation, Victoria just seemed caught up in the things or events going on around her. In the news clip towards the end of the film, it stated how after her fiancé committed suicide while in jail, she tried to explain that she was under his spell, making it hard to intervene while he burned the little girl’s body. Clearly Victoria, although she doesn’t remember, had a very close bond with her fiancé. And when you have an intimate relationship with a person, it is very easy to become susceptible to their positive or negative beliefs actions and feelings. Especially in a negative situation, it is very easy for one to become less themselves and more like the dominant figure in the relationship. On top of this, there is no telling what other types of bad behaviors she was introduced to. With this being said, I feel that punishing her in this manner doesn’t really punish the true Victoria. Her actions seemed guided or constricted by her fiancé making her essentially less like herself and more like him. After his death, I feel as though she couldn’t have completely known who she was because her identity was defined through him. And even as she was being chased around by the hunters, I believe that her lack of identity was caused not only by her oppressors painfully removing her memories, but also her lack of a key person (fiancé) who defined her thoughts and actions.