Pride De La Poer's Character Analysis

When we look deeper into the de la Poer’s character we begin to discover some other weaknesses, aside from the desire to consume other human beings. Similar to Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft had a tendency to write about more than what was on the surface. His focus was more centered on the interior, what was on the inside (Oates). One of the ideas that he incorporated into his work is pride. In de la Poer’s case, the pride is aimed towards his family’s estate. If he had not relocated across the country, his future could have been very different. He was proud of the property that he was restoring. I believe that if he had not started restoring the building the darkness that was held within would not have come out. He would not have felt the urge
While having some amount of pride is a good thing. It is what keeps us pushing forward to do more and more. It is what makes us feel as though we have accomplished something, but too much pride can prove detrimental. Too much pride makes us forget about those around us and focus exclusively on ourselves. It causes a disconnection between us and the rest of the world. This is why pride is often considered to be a weakness that can have unfortunate consequences. In The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, pride is what caused Fortunato to continue deeper and deeper into the catacombs and to his ultimate doom. Pride is what caused the men in A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell to overlook major evidence that they could have used to conflict Minnie Foster. De la Poer’s pride in the ancestral estate, and his desire to restore the property, is what lead to him gradually go insane in the short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. And lastly, pride is what lead Weyland Industries to put multiples people’s lives on the line, simply for more information on a mysterious alien species in the movie Aliens. All in all, pride is a major weakness that is evident in The Cask of Amontillado, A Jury of Her Peers, The Rats in the Walls, and