Pride In Crime Is Pride By Sophocles

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.

Pride, which becomes a major life lesson that is being taught throughout this book, concludes that pride it self is a life changing characteristic that one may chose to attain. In attaining pride one may seem arrogant or stubborn or one may chose to toss the pride aspect of life aside, yet seem somewhat less respectable. This book entails that pride should be taken into serious consideration since it has a major impact in everyday

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 a world where we have the incapability to determine what is morally right or wrong we need to ignore pride as it places us on a course that only leads to devastation. Sophocles uses Creon as an example of what the outcome would be for following his own pride as his actions backfire on him. When Creon is finalizing his decision to sentence Antigone to death, he focuses on his pride in position as King rather than his loyalty to the Gods. Such pride is compared to the Gods as it says in Ode 2, “No pride on earth

Pride is a vital facet in the multi-sided diamond1 that is human psychology. In Sophocles’(n.d.) Antigone, the famous philosopher demonstrates how the mind can be clouded so effortlessly and bear such tragic repercussions when influenced by pride. In this dismal sequel to Oedipus Rex, also written by Sophocles(n.d.), both sides of the moral battle have plenty of justification for their actions.

A short yet very precise statement that has a great amount of meaning. This passage comes from the story Antigone and has quite a remark about its self. I agree with this for both men and women. In my opinion pride is not a crime, until it is mixed with cockiness. Once together it makes a terrible mixture. Everyone makes mistakes of course, but sometimes it’s not as much of a mistake as one perceives it to be. I say majority of the time, one knows what themselves are getting themselves in yet they still blame it as a “mistake”. A person should only be considered “good” if what has been done is

John C. Maxwell once said “Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.” This quote Maxwell says shows how influential pride is and how it can/will lead to someone’s downfall.

If you were to do something wrong would you admit it even if your pride was at stake? Sophocles, a classical Greek playwright, shows in the play Antigone that “The only crime is pride.” Since a person who has too much pride often doesn’t accept the mistakes that they make and thus doesn’t fix them. As seen in many current world events, it is better to accept your wrong doings than adamantly disapproving them. I believe that Sophocles's argument that “the only crime is pride” is correct. Because Sophocles correctly states that constantly disapproving your mistakes and failing to fix those mistakes is selfish and vain. From many literary works, personal daily experiences, and other people's views, it is seen in how Sophocles perfectly deduces how pride can be seen as a crime.

“Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions; the surest poison is” pride. Although it’s intangible, it can be a poison to a person’s life. Pride can get in the way of peace and love. It’s hard for mankind

Denzel Washington, in a film role, once said, “The loudest one in the room is often the weakest one in the room” (CITATION). Pride can often force individuals into someone they are not. It can create a persona unattainable due to the multitude of reasons, as laid out in the Bhagavad-Gita and Antigone. The Bhagavad-Gita presented the principles that causes one’s prideful nature to be destructive and disparaging. While, Antigone gave the reader an example of an individual’s prideful nature in relation to the arrogance formulated in one’s heart. The arrogance formulated in one’s heart can lead to his or her inevitable downfall. Evil’s true form is in the pride that tarnishes a man’s soul, based on Antigone and Bhagavad-Gita.

“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.” In this quote, Teiresias is explaining that a good man knows when to admit his faults and take the blame for his mistakes. He is also saying that a good man will try and fix his wrong doings and make them right. Teiresias is basically saying that there is no crime in being wrong, but if a man’s pride is too big for him to admit that he is wrong, then that is a crime. When this happens, the problem is the man’s pride, not the crime that he actually committed.

Pride is a dangerous emotion that can cause ruin to all those that encounter it. In the short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado," Montresor's pride is offended by Fortunato, a man he has forgiven for various offences time and time again. Montresor formulates a deadly plan to exact revenge upon Fortunato for speaking ill of him. "The Cask of Amontillado" examines pride and how it can be very dangerous when it is a guiding force behind people's decisions and other emotions (Poe 221).

Pride, observed Mary, . . . is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed, that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or another, real or imaginary.

Pride is a feeling of satisfaction for one’s accomplishments, yet excessive pride, or hubris, negatively influences one’s fate. Hubris is within every person to some extent and is found within the heroes and villains of several modern and classical stories, such as The Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, and Of Mice and Men. In these stories, Odysseus, Mercutio, and Curley suffer from hubris which prompts their path from fortune to misfortune, or peripeteia. In The Odyssey, Odysseus gains a sense of perfection after his countless heroic deeds in the Trojan War and beyond, yet he oversteps his limitations which lead him toward more conflicts.

Pride is often portrayed as negative characteristic that causes people to reach for too much