and would put others before me all of the time with no questions asked. But as I grew older I wandered away from that‚ and became very prideful. I would always say that it was just me having self confidence‚ but that was just my way of hiding my pride from myself and others. When I was in high school the boys soccer team was very underappreciated. We always had a solid squad‚ and always did well during the regular season and the post season. We made many enemies with other teams from our school
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tragedy Antigone‚ a play written by the brilliant Sophocles countless years ago‚ people believed that the only way to reach the underworld was by receiving a proper burial. Antigone‚ the prideful protagonist‚ had her brother‚ Polynices‚ killed at war. King Creon of Thebes‚ the audacious and selfish antagonist‚ sternly declared that whoever buried the traitor‚ Polynices‚ was to be put to death at once‚ but that did not stop Antigone to do what she thinks is morally correct. In the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles
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Pride is shown through out the reading “Antigone”‚ when she gives her brother a proper burial. Since her brother is not allowed a proper burial‚ Antigone sets out to do it herself. She is found committing this crime‚ faced to the king‚ and is supposed to be killed because she did not obey the laws. Pride is a crime in this tragedy‚ and it is what leaves everyone dead. Antigone is furious that her “own brother” cannot be properly buried. She decides that she will do it herself‚ and does not care
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Antigone 1. The action of the play begins immediately with a conflict between Antigone and Ismene. What is the conflict? Antigone wants Ismene to help her bury her brother but Ismene is afraid of death and says they are only women and says she doesn’t want to die with everyone hating her. 2. Antigone and Ismene are strongly contrasted in this scene. What can you tell about their characters? Antigone is a leader and wants to do the right thing. Ismene
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immense due to the divide the war caused between civilians and the men who protected them. Europe was filled with feelings of excitement as war was announced. Celebrations broke out in every participating country and the feelings of nationalist pride were shared by all those involved. In France‚ Roland Dorgelès was a witness to the eagerness of the people in‚ which he writes about in That Fabulous Day. “Young and old‚ civilians and military men burned with the same excitement. It was like a Brotherhood
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Pride Pride is not a symbol for strength‚ but of arrogance. It does not modify you as a powerful individual‚ but as a weakling with feign courage. It is not something to be proud of‚ for it veils you with vanity and ignorance so delicately and innocently that it betrays your conscience into thinking that it is a normal feeling that has no consequence whatsoever. An example of this infamous trap is presented in the play of tragedy Antigone‚ written by Sophocles himself. A character by the name
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Antigone Essay Do you know what a tragic hero is? A tragic hero is usually a person with several qualities. Qualities such as being royal or usually noble and that have a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall. The downfall also leads to a unhappy ending. Antigone is an example of a tragic hero because of her excessive pride‚ her royalty her being well known and well liked
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Kylie Bartlett Per. 3 4/1/11 Antigone essay Remember those people who always thought they were right‚ and they always ended up in trouble for it? I Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ the main characters Antigone and Creon show how being so hubris can be tragic to your life. Set back in ancient Greece an epic battle takes place and brothers end up killing each other. One was allowed a proper burial‚ yet Polyinesis was not. Antigone felt disappointed by this and decided to bury them yet Creon the newly
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Antigone Essay Pride is a powerful emotion‚ it can lead us to be people we are not‚ and lead us to be hurt. The act of being prideful comes from the power we are given through society‚ to say we are something others cannot say they are. Its also what makes everyone who they are‚ but too much pride can seize control of us causing an uproar of karma to surge our way. In Antigone‚ the blind prophet‚ Tiresias warns Creon that‚ “A corpse for a corpse the price‚ and flesh for flesh‚ one of your own
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PRIDE Pride – “A high or inordinate opinion of one’s own dignity‚ importance‚ merit‚ or superiority‚ whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing & conduct Pride is basically feeling proud of something you accomplished or did. On the other hand pride can also be the total opposite. People can take advantage of their pride and hold it against others. In Antigone there were an exotic amount of examples of pride. Pride can from many characters; although the main signs of pride came
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