Pride In Antigone By Sophocles

Pride, a simple word, yet a variety of meanings to different people. Pride seems to encompass our daily lives, impacting our decisions. For many pride runs their lives because they care too much about how others view them, instead of what’s right. Correspondingly, with this idea, Sophocles asserts that the only crime is pride and that we must stop our wrong and fix it. This idea by Sophocles is valid due to the fact that for various people pride runs their life and influences their decisions. One of the assertions Sophocles makes is that “all men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong.” This relates to pride since many of the mistakes that we make stem from our pride. The component that differentiates a good man from the rest, is his ability to realize the wrong and then try to fix the wrong, which is a crucial point of pride that …show more content…
All around us, the idea of pride seems to influence our poor decisions. Therefore, the claim that the only crime is pride is valid. An example of this is in the play Antigone. Creon feels that he can’t let Antigone live. Not because he despise her or is a malicious person. The issue is that it would diminish his pride since she went against his word, he feels that he must keep his word or his pride will be damaged. He feels that he can’t allow a woman to go against his word and get away with it, he’s the king how dare she. His pride grew to a level of arrogance and eventually he had a realization of his mistakes. The assertion by Sophocles of “the only crime is pride” shows that out of all the flaws we have, a detrimental one is pride. When we let pride influence our decisions the impact will be negative. If we become so concerned with how others view us and not how we view ourselves, we become worse. Henceforth Sophocles statement that the only crime is