“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil: the only crime is pride.” This excerpt from Antigone is a very powerful statement. People will always make mistakes but it’s just about how you try to make up for them. I make mistakes all the time but I always try my hardest to do what I can to make it right. Making a mistake and not trying to correct it means you can’t admit when you’re wrong. Correcting a mistake makes you a better person for admitting you are wrong, not a weaker person.
In life you’re going to make mistakes. It is how you fix them that matters. In Antigone, mistakes are made throughout the whole play. Each time, the characters try to correct them. Even Creon,
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Even if it is just apologizing for something you have done, it can make a big difference in the minds of most people. It takes a big person to apologize for something, even though deep down you do not necessarily want to. In the mistake that I made recently, which I do not really want to get into details about, I wrote a letter to apologize for what I had done. I wanted to write it but at the same time I didn’t. I knew as soon as it happened that it was wrong and I should not have done it, but at the same time I am not really sure if I wanted to apologize for it. I knew it was the right thing to do and I was happy to do it because my mistake affected more than just myself, but honestly deep down I was kind of upset that I had to apologize to someone that I feel didn’t really deserve it. But in the end, you have to do what is right, not what you would rather do. So, I sucked it up and I wrote the letter and that is the end of it for me. I am moving on and I will never do it again because you have to learn from your mistakes and I realize I am a better person than that. Moving on is the last step in making a mistake better. Once you admit it and correct it, you have to be able to grow stronger and move on. Dwelling on the past and feeling sorry for yourself after making a mistake will not change anything. The mistake was still made and you now have to be able to live with yourself. Mistakes can honestly be a
The one real mistake I believe we can make in life is to not learn from missteps
“Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past” written by Tyron Edwards. Sometimes changing your behavior is the only way to make up for a past, because you learn what are right actions, and what are wrong actions.
In Sophocles’ Antigone, there is a myriad of tragic characters, but Antigone’s fatal flaws and weaknesses clearly lead to her doom and downfall. Antigone is headstrong, stubborn, prideful, and determined which isn’t always unacceptable. She is also very loyal to the gods, but disloyal to King Creon and might want to defy him. She is unyielding, wouldn’t leave matters alone and is also unwilling to take the simple approach of asking first before trying something so rash. Antigone’s failing to realize the ripple effect of her suicide which then causes two more deaths, Haimon and Eurydice. Antigone’s vices lead her to her own destruction when she defies Creon, argues with Creon, and commits suicide by hanging herself.
Forgiveness is very important throughout life. If people don't forgive, they are going to be stuck in the past always remembering about the mistake that person did. Forgiving someone can make yourself feel better because you know you forgave that person and there's no negativity between you and that person.
When a child is young, the parents always try to get their children to understand the importance of learning from your mistakes as well as valuing other's opinions. However, it is not always easy to admit you are in the wrong. When finally solving an insanely hard calculus problem, but to be told by the teacher your answer is incorrect is never a good feeling. In an excerpt from Antigone, a playwright by Sophocles, the main character, Teiresais states, "all men make mistakes, But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong... The only crime is pride". By stating this, Sophocles points out that while some understand where they are wrong, those who do not and are too prideful to do so only hurt themselves and society. Today, pride being
In Antigone, Creon is too proud to admit that he made a mistake in executing Antigone.
This is a quote from the play Antigone. The question validity is not a simple one. There are many different opinions upon if this this applies to everybody. I find this to apply to everyday life.
Some people regret their actions, but more often than not it’s the actions that one does not take that affect them the
Being a human being myself, I make a lot of mistakes. Some I could avoid, others inevitable. The point is I get over them; usually by fixing. I think if you ignore your mistakes and act as if they don’t exist then not only will they haunt you but you’re bound to run in to more simply because you have no clue how to avoid them. To live by the above passage will get you a long way. One must repair the evil or the evil will destroy you.
After what had happened, Haemon goes to look for Creon, he confronts to him about Antigone and says, “I beg you, do not be unchangeable: do not believe that you alone can be right” (73-74). Haemon implies that if you don’t get to your awareness and perceive that you are not always correct, nobody will see any value in you and you will find out when it is too late. Later, Creon was very pronounced of what Antigone did, and decided that he will punish her because of her folly. Creon very enraged, madly responds with a sharp tone and says, “Let him do, or dream to do, more than man can. He shall not save those girls from death” (37-38).
Overcoming situations in life and moving past them is hard for many people and challenges people with inner conflict. Many of these situations include making mistakes. Forgiving and learning from those mistakes are essential but being able to move on is the most important thing in overcoming these situations and challenges in life. This idea can be seen in many pieces of text including the following poems. “A Poison Tree” by William Blake and “A total stranger one black day” by e.e. cummings both convey the message that people need to learn to forgive in order to move on which also means learning from mistakes.
Antigone 's tragic flaw does not lead to her downfall, because of this Antigone does not meet the characteristic of reversal in fate otherwise known as a downfall. Creon’s pride is what causes Antigone 's death. For example when Teiresias tells Creon to let Antigone go and to give Polyneices a proper burial because the gods are upset he does not listen. Instead he says to Teiresias, "doddering fortune tellers...if your birds-if the great eagles of God himself- should carry him bit by bit to heaven, I would not yield"( 44- 47). Creon is insulting Teiresias, a respected prophet, and says that he wouldn 't do as Teiresias says even if the birds carried Polyneices body bit by bit to heaven. It is obvious that Creon is prideful because he has a high opinion of his superiority. This is shown when he refers to Teiresias, a highly respected prophet who has never been wrong, as
Reflection Essay The quote “Think: all men make mistakes, But a good man yields when he Knows his course is wrong, And repairs the evil: The only Crime is pride,” said by Teiresias. (This excerpt is from Antigone, by the classical Greek playwright Sophocles.) This quote can mean several different things. It all depends on how you interpret it.
The kindest and most compassionate thing you can do for yourself and others is to forgive yourself. We are often told that we should forgive others, the old saying "forgive and forget" is thrown around constantly, so you make an effort to forgive those who you feel have wronged you in some way and you find it almost impossible to do. Why is that? It is possibly because you have not yet learned how to forgive yourself.
Mistakes happen but the important part of mistakes is learning from them. Like Eleanor Roosevelt once said “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to