The Effects of Pride - Essay
Roberto B.
Mr. Robbins
9/13/12
English
The Effects of Pride
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.”
(C.S. Lewis). Pride can take over the lives of people who have it within them. It is ok to feel proud but if the sense of pride is exaggerated it will lead to arrogance and therefore to problems. In the book Antigone, by Sophocles, pride is displayed as good and bad through both Antigone and Creon, which in the end lead to their downfall. Pride can have a big impact on people when it is taken for granted. Sophocles uses such powerful language and gives such great imagery with his words that it is apparent pride is greatly implied in his book. The conflicts and morals being taught to us in his book states that pride is something that should be gained and kept with honor.
When one’s pride is being stepped on they would react, just like as Brad Moore said: “Pride would be a lot easier to swallow if it didn’t taste so bad.” As human beings, it is obvious we surely dislike being wrong and to admit we did wrong. In the play Antigone, the blind prophet reveals the pride in the characters. Teiresias explains to Creon that the only crime that was committed was pride. The prophet explains that all men make mistakes but only a good man will stop when he knows he is doing something wrong and try to fix the damage he has created. The play opens up with Antigone trying to convince her sister Ismene to be on her side with the burial of their brother, and while Ismene yields to what kind Creon wants, Antigone’s pride keeps her mind set on wanting what she wants best for her brother. “ But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him as he is to me.”(Act II, scene I, 673). Obviously Antigone makes it clear that she has made her choice and stands by it, which isn’t necessarily a bad
Mr. Robbins
9/13/12
English
The Effects of Pride
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.”
(C.S. Lewis). Pride can take over the lives of people who have it within them. It is ok to feel proud but if the sense of pride is exaggerated it will lead to arrogance and therefore to problems. In the book Antigone, by Sophocles, pride is displayed as good and bad through both Antigone and Creon, which in the end lead to their downfall. Pride can have a big impact on people when it is taken for granted. Sophocles uses such powerful language and gives such great imagery with his words that it is apparent pride is greatly implied in his book. The conflicts and morals being taught to us in his book states that pride is something that should be gained and kept with honor.
When one’s pride is being stepped on they would react, just like as Brad Moore said: “Pride would be a lot easier to swallow if it didn’t taste so bad.” As human beings, it is obvious we surely dislike being wrong and to admit we did wrong. In the play Antigone, the blind prophet reveals the pride in the characters. Teiresias explains to Creon that the only crime that was committed was pride. The prophet explains that all men make mistakes but only a good man will stop when he knows he is doing something wrong and try to fix the damage he has created. The play opens up with Antigone trying to convince her sister Ismene to be on her side with the burial of their brother, and while Ismene yields to what kind Creon wants, Antigone’s pride keeps her mind set on wanting what she wants best for her brother. “ But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him as he is to me.”(Act II, scene I, 673). Obviously Antigone makes it clear that she has made her choice and stands by it, which isn’t necessarily a bad