Pride In Julius Caesar And The Great Gatsby

As children, many people are told to take pride in themselves. Parents remind them to be prideful of their work, heritage, accomplishments, and goals. When kids get older, most are continuously reminded that they need to be confident. However, few are informed that this pride can bite. While confidence isn’t a killer, too much never leads to anything good. Pride allows many needless sins. Four books, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, share this theme. Each book tells the same prideful and destructive story in a different way. Frankenstein tells the tale of a young scientist who gives life to the lifeless. While this alone may not sound overly prideful, the
In this story, dangerous pride belongs to many people. These people become divided as individuals because of their own arrogance. Brutus loves Caesar, but he takes pride in his patriotism. Because of this, he can’t consider the consequences of his actions. He becomes instrumental in killing someone who trusts him. While this also is a terrible sin, many more come. Cassius is prideful in the way he treats his power. His arrogance has more malevolent purposes. He believes that he knows best, that he can do the best. Because of this, he starts the problem. He exploits Brutus’ pride, and kills many people in the process. Caesar also acts dangerously with pride. If he heeded the warnings of the Soothsayer and his wife, he would not have died. However, because of his arrogance, he doesn’t believe harm will come to him. Mark Antony also hurts many people because of pride. Though his pride comes out of wrath, it still exists. When he speaks to the masses, his pride leads him to think that what he says is just. Because of the pride of these four characters, three of them die. They spark civil war and kill many civilians and soldiers in the