The Only Crime Is Pride Critical Lens

It is actually very hard to be completely honest all the time and in every situation. But I believe that being honest can be very rewarding in the end because you are not deceiving others or yourself which is beneficial to you and society.

“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.

“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.

I can candidly say that Wrongology by Kathryn Schulz is an enlightening read. The author puts forward her case for wrongology – a complicated subject throwing light upon all facets of being wrong and at fault. Her foundation being that people have been wrong about being wrong to start with. It’s no doubt delightful to be right, it uplifts our ego and that in a way is crucial for our survival. Seemingly according to Kathryn Schulz even though being wrong may be embarrassing it is critical for our personal development. Error is a part of human nature and cannot be terminated. If our choices are wrong, what we have to do is to review those choices and learn from them, eventually making better ones. Therefore one should not be afraid of making a mistake or being wrong. Mistakes help us revise our understandings and help us

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.

Have you ever wondered why it can be so hard to tell the truth, or why it seems better to tell a lie? In both F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Rob Marshall’s Chicago, characters lie because they feel that it is easier. However, lying leads to a downward- spiral. The society we live in can either lead us to a complicated relationship with the truth or easy going. The problem with constantly telling lies is that it starts off with one then leads to another until everything you say is a lie. People know it is easier to tell lies than face the truth because they are either doing it for money, or protection for themselves, people they love, or relationships. Yes, telling lies can help but imagine the damage you’re building up on the way. Nobody likes liars and liars can be found anywhere, even families lie to each other. Relationships are just like thin pieces of paper that make small tears to it every time a lie is told. The paper can be put back together but it will never be the same or be seen the same.

I would constantly annoy people due to my excessive apologizing. This fervor of guilt would culminate into me apologizing for apologizing, which would then leave me feeling guilty due to bothering people with all my apologizing. To me, minor offenses such as cursing and lying seemed grave enough for the death sentence, so

What does a person think holds the most influence; the mistake itself or the actions that fallow after seeing the daylight of their mistakes? Will the mistakes be left to suffer in silence or will that person submit to their fatalities in a humble manner? In the short story “Transformation” by Mary Shelley, the main character Guido recalls his life story and admits all the horrible mistakes he made, despite his shame and embarrassment. He’s a young man who was desperately in love with Juliet; although he was an arrogant and selfish man who disregarded Juliet’s feelings. Even after he realized he had lost Juliet forever, a dwarf convinces him revenge is the adequate reaction. So, Guido trades his appearance and life for the Dwarf’s riches. Guido believes that in order to exact revenge on Juliet and her father he needs money; the catch is this exchange will only last for three days. When he sees the Dwarf inside his own body, he realizes his own faults and his selfless act in response re-paid his debt in the end. The moral lesson of “Transformation” by Mary Shelley is that making a mistake is not the biggest issue; what you do once you realize where you went wrong is what matters. The author developed this moral through conflict and characterization.

The OED defines crime as: An act punishable by law, as being forbidden by statue or injuries to the public welfare… An evil or injuries act; an offence, sin; esp. of a grave chapter.

Crime is often described as socially constructed, which influences our understanding of who commits a crime. Firstly, labelling theorists argue that crime is a social construction based on the powerful’s reaction to certain behaviour, those who are deviant are people that have been labelled as such. Marxists claim the bourgeoise construct crime in order to criminalise the proletariat, get away with their own deviance and maintain their own dominance. Neo-marxists look at how moral panics create a social construction of crime and can criminalise certain groups. Finally, feminists, argue crime is constructed in a patriarchal way and that the criminal justice system is harsher to female offenders. Whereas others criticise these theories for

In a lifetime, everyone will face challenges that will leave you with guilt in your heart.Guilt from treating a friend or a close person terribly, failing school, and not training hard enough for a sport that one has loved. To fix those past memories people will try finding a way to redeeming themselves, which can make up for their guilt. A Brazilian internet explorer Eduardo once said, “True redemption is seized when you accept the future consequences for your past mistakes .”As Eduardo explained, the only way seek true redemption is to going on in your life and fix your past mistakes.For example in wrestling some meets against other teams can come down to one match and the wrestler who loses that match just gave that team a close loss.

Crime is a social construction, and behaviour defined as criminal varies across time and place. Crime is an act that violate moral behaviour, but why is that not all behaviours that violate moral behaviour are labelled as crime? This is because crime is defined differently across different societies and different times. Neutralisation and drift theory helps us to explain why people abuse children by showing us how perpetrators rationalise their guilt for these actions before they physically, sexually, emotionally abuse or neglect children. They do this by blaming their actions on other people, higher forces or believing their acts are harmless. In this essay I will begin by talking about crime as a social construction then touch on child abuse in New Zealand followed by a discussion of how my social contract theory helps us to explain this crime.

Is crime an abnormal act committed by an abnormal person? Most persons confronted with this particular question would undoubtedly say, ¡§Yes¡¨. They would consider themselves, perhaps not angelic, but certainly law-abiding members of society. However, if these, law-abiding citizens were to focus on the question, their answer might be very different. They might discover that the gene of criminality is in us all. Crime and deviance is not only a normal part of society, it is undoubtedly a product of its very existence.

Mistakes something that we all do. People are not perfect therefore we will all make mistakes many times in our life. But there are two types of people in the world's ones that will live up to their mistakes and accept that they did it so they can move on. And there are those that will never live up to the mistakes they made and they will never be able to move on. The only way to truly learn from a mistake is to accept that you made one. There have been many times in my life that I have messed up and made mistakes. Some very terrible some not so bad. But none of them never were as bad as this one but, what i learned from the mistake made it all worthwhile.

Everyone, at some point in their life, has made a mistake. Sometimes we get lucky and only falter a little, making it through the problem relatively intact. Other times, we mess up a lot and have to fix what was damaged over a long period of time. However, the same is true for most, if not all cases—those who make the mistake learn from it. Often times, our failures teach us valuable lessons that we only gained because of the experience we gathered after messing up. I have personally achieved a wealth of knowledge and experience just from all of my own little mishaps, and a few major ones.