Essays on Pride

Thesis

Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles that begins with the deaths of two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices; their deaths are caused by their own swords in a struggle for the throne after their father, Oedipus, dies. Creon, the relative who takes up the throne allows for an honourable burial of Eteocles but denies Polyneices the same respect. He issues a decree that Polyneices’ body be dumped in the wild and no respect to be paid for it. Antigone, Polyneices and Eteocles’ sister, learns of the decree but goes ahead to bury her brother, Polyneices, despite the orders given by Continue reading...

Philosophers customarily described virtue as the morally good habit such as honesty, honour and benevolence among others. Ethicists essentially failed to offer specific definition of the idea of virtue since the term often assumes controversial meanings in different situations. Hume is one of the renowned philosophers who have considerably developed the knowledge of the idea of virtues. Hume assumes a different perspective from the traditional view of the concept of virtue in reference to both the moral significance and the quantity of virtues. In his moral writings, Hume stretches the idea of virtues to include values such as wit, Continue reading...

Jane Austen is known as one of the greatest novelists from England. Born in 1775, it is no surprise that her novels are still in print. She is best known for writing pride and prejudice. Back when she wrote pride and prejudice she was a teenager who did not want to come out as an author. She published this book back when a female’s entrance into the public eye was considered was considered not very lady like. Jane’s distinctive literary style relies on a combination of free indirect speech, parody, irony and to some extent realism. Both Continue reading...

Success

Success may be a very subjective concept. The concept of success for one person may be different to the concept of success another individual has. Self-fulfillment, fame, and recognition may be some forms of success among many. People define success according to their own beliefs and values. Culture may play an important role in defining this broad concept of success. Furthermore, success is not a permanent phenomenon. People take undue advantage of their success because of which they eventually fail. To enjoy one’s success is their right, but to lose their roots is a disaster in making.
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Disney’s “The Lion King” exemplifies the many struggles and triumphs of leadership in several ways. It can be surprising to the untrained eye than an animated children’s movie could hold the valuable lessons by such a complex concept but it is true. Even Kouzes Posner’s framework for Leadership is exemplified throughout the movie. There are multiple characters that take on leadership roles at different times throughout the movie, but the primary leaders are Mufasa, the initial King we meet, his son, Simba, and Mufasa’s evil brother, Scar. Each exemplifies leadership in their own ways, showing Continue reading...

Introduction

Norms are what binds communities together – a set of observed habits, rituals and occasions ensconced within a set of socially-agreed conventions. The identity of communities heavily rely on the norms they practice as they try their best to perpetuate those throughout generations. It is precisely due to such that communities tend to treat a certain set of values that are taboo – forbidden, in other words, within the norms they observe. The desire of communities not to identify themselves to a specific set of taboo values provides motivation for them to protect their observation of norms. In that sense, it Continue reading...

The play “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles begins with Oedipus the king explaining his concern about his citizens thus: “My zeal in your behalf ye cannot doubt; Ruthless indeed were I and obdurate, If such petitioners as you I spurned” (11-15). These lines clearly establish the fact that Oedipus is a good king and looks after his kingdom, Thebes, quite well. However, this is not enough. No matter how well Oedipus governs his kingdom or how valiant he is, tragedy befalls Oedipus through what can be said as “Hamartia”. Hamartia or tragic flaw is what brings down a great Continue reading...

Introduction and general background of the culture

The Aymara live in the rugged high plain (altiplano) of South America. The approximate number of Aymara language speakers in the region is two million. These high plains lie between two huge ranges of the Andes Mountains. The major mode of transport is via water through the highly navigable Lake Titicaca. Many Aymara villages line around the lake. The lake is used for fishing and conducting commercial transport. It also provides reeds that are used in basketry. The reeds also provides fodder for livestock.
The Aymara engage in subsistence labor-intensive agriculture and animal keeping to earn their living, and Continue reading...

Oedipus the King is one of the most eminent literary works in the history of literature. The work has stood the test of time, and has left an everlasting mark on the minds of the avid readers. The critics across the world have spoken in unison regarding the literary quintessence of the literary work. The character of the protagonist, Oedipus, is an immortalized literary character that embodies one of the most tragic fates in the history of literature. His characteristic traits set him apart, and the chronology of events in his life that shape him as an individual leaves Continue reading...

Introduction and general background of the culture

The Aymara live in the rugged high plain (altiplano) of South America. The approximate number of Aymara language speakers in the region is two million. These high plain lies between two huge ranges of the Andes Mountains. The major mode of transport here is water via the highly navigable Lake Titicaca. Many Aymara villages line around the lake. The lake is used for fishing, providing reeds to be used in basketry, collecting fodder for livestock and conducting commercial transport.
The Aymara engage in subsistence labor-intensive agriculture and animal keeping to earn their living, and they sell the little surplus Continue reading...

‘Instructor’s name’

‘Subject’
Mentor Question Responses
Response to question 1(motivation)
The mentor response showcases how the extrinsic and intrinsic motivational factors together provide the required impetus. Here we see how extrinsic factors, such as salary and bonus, coupled with intrinsic factors, such as pride and sense of accomplishment, works together to keep a team and the individual group member motivated. The group member found joy in seeing his plan work, and each member of the group took pride in competing with each other and outclassing their colleagues. They also were happy for each other’s success and that is crucial Continue reading...

The worlds of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey are often harsh, with mankind being essentially at the will of the gods and prone to failure. To that end, even the best among men in these works have their own flaws – Achilles and Odysseus respectively provide that sense of romantic antiheroism inherent to Homeric works. Whereas modern heroism values moral and ethical virtue as part of being a hero, the Homeric ideal of heroism is actually quite anti-heroic. Greek heroes do not have to be the most ethical or civilized; they just have to possess supreme bravery, strength, Continue reading...

English

Pride and Prejudice, the story of a family with five daughters was set up in the eighteenth century of English society. The novel revolves around the theme of societal norms in the late century. In the eighteenth century, men and women were instructed to follow the societal norms that defined the code of conduct of an individual and judged people according to their status and property. But there was a gender inequality in the society, as men could do anything they wished and can even break the norms but women were expected to follow the norms rigidly. In earlier Continue reading...

The main object of this essay is to consider thoroughly what the notion “pride” means. Definition of pride is one of the most significant current discussions in today’s ethics and interpersonal communication. It is interpreted by numerous sources in various ways. Researching definition of this notion, one may find that it is interpreted either as positive or negative feeling from the point of view of ethics. It is becoming difficult to ignore the problem of definition conflicts concerning this notion. In this paper, we will consider this issue in detail.
First of all, we will consider arguments of Continue reading...

First Impressions was the first original version of Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen in 1797. Jane’s father, Rector George Austen liked the novel and even offered to pay for its publication; however, the publisher rejected the novel out of hand. In 1813, the same book appeared to the public, although considerably revised, as Pride and Prejudice. This was her second book. The first, Sense and Sensibility, had appeared two years earlier. Both novels were published anonymously, although some people knew who the author was, it was not until her death that the secret became publicly known. Continue reading...

Gordon Allport is a personality trait theorist who coined the term “proprium” which he describes as the core to personality which represents the positive, creative, growth-seeking, and forward-moving quality of human nature. According to Allport, the proprium develops in stages from early infancy to the adult years.
The first stage of the proprium is the sense of bodily self. The sense of bodily self is characterized by “a sense of one’s own body, including bodily sensations, attests to one’s existence and therefore remains a lifelong anchor for self-awareness”. This is the infancy stage.
The sense of self-identity Continue reading...

Written around 441 BC, Antigone is one of the seven surviving plays produced by the Greek playwright Sophocles and is considered to be the classic example of hubris, meaning extreme pride or arrogance that is ultimately a person’s undoing. This play, however, has several other important themes including Sophocles perspectives on human rights and women’s rights. Both are quite fascinating considering ancient Greece practiced slavery and certainly was a male dominated society, but the burial of Polyneices by the hand of Antigone, as well as her rejection of Creon’s decree denying those funeral rites, illustrate Sophocles Continue reading...

Heroes in myth and literature are, in the Campbellian sense of the word, typically selfless, virtuous figures who sacrifice and go through many struggles in the name of the protection of others. In Greek mythology, however, this selflessness is somewhat subverted: one would be hard pressed to find many Greek heroes who did not have some sort of selfishness in their character. In the minds of the Greeks, true heroism came in achieving great, impressive deeds that elevated one’s own sense of reputation and ego; while there can be selfless, magnanimous motives behind these actions, the ultimate goal Continue reading...

We live in a world today where a lot of emphasis is placed on the community we live in. this is basically in a bid to foster pride in us and also because we are communal beings. Of recent a lot has been done to build up communities to the level that the next generation will have memories of living, playing and growing up in their communities. These memories are not just meant to leave a warm and fuzzy feeling in us but they act as some kind of anchor as the world keeps on becoming a smaller and Continue reading...

Introduction

Our daily existence is an uphill fight to acquire that which we need. Failure to do so means a threatened existence and imminent death. However, the situation may not be as grim as that because of the organized nature of the contemporary society, especially for someone with a livelihood. The novel by Ernest Hemmingway tells tale of a man who has to find to feed. It narrates of a man who has to fight opposing forces in order to hold on to his dear life, lest he be consumed by hunger. Even in the sorry state that the old Continue reading...

Social stratification in our societies is a fact that has been in existence since the beginning of time. People have grown up with the knowledge that they belong or fit in a particular group as is defined by numerous factors during their upbringing. Our lives and our endeavors have been significantly shaped or continue to be shaped by the realities that social strata and social class dictate. Who we are, what one grows up to do, in what neighborhood one lives, what partner one chooses are possibly all product of our social interactions and the differences in culture that Continue reading...

There are some choices that one is forced to do and live with. In George Orwell’s essay “shooting an elephant,” he recounts some life event when he was forced to choose between two evils. Several years later this episode still haunts George. This story takes place during five unhappy years of the writer. He hates his life and when a dilemma faces him, he is forced to kill a valuable animal at work in order to save his pride. In his own thinking, George is justified in killing the animal. His character in the essay has been demonstrated Continue reading...

Leadership is surrounded by many factors that affect the performance of people who are holding leadership positions. Strengths are the positive traits that a leader displays in character and the way he/she deals with the actions. On the other hand, the dark sides involve the negative characteristics that are displayed by a leader. The strengths and dark sides of a leader relate because they are part of one person.
The strengths include honesty, ability to communicate and inspire people, commitment, and humility and so on. These qualities are nurtured in a person via self-discipline and religious guidance. For example, Continue reading...

Screwtape shows clever subtlety in tempting patients to self-centeredness in prayer through feelings and images, to gluttony through delicacy, and to pride through membership in an elite Christian social circle. This academic interpretive exercise discusses these three axioms on self-centeredness in prayer, gluttony through delicacy, and pride connected with Christian social membership.
The self-centeredness in prayer through feelings and images spoken of in "The Screwtape Letters" refers to a number of types of this focus on the "self." The temptation during prayer centered trying to create a state of emotionalism keeps the purpose of connecting with God from occurring Continue reading...

“Screwtape Letters” by C. S. Lewis
- A) Screwtape opposes using argument because pulling a person into argument takes their

anything can come into their thoughts giving then ideas. B) An example of jargon from the novel was when he got the person to consider after having lunch was better for this and the “stream of experience” occurred when the person saw the newsboy and the bus he came back to the “reality” Screwtape wanted.
- A) One example explaining how patient’s feelings are used in prayer for judging the success
of prayer is explains determining the value Continue reading...

In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus makes many choices that have both good and bad outcomes. The brave warrior is frequently established as a heroic, courageous figure who is an effective fighter who can hold his own in a fight, but this does not necessarily extend to the care and While he is a skilled strategist, often his pride gets in the way of sound strategy and he ends up making awful decisions to repair his ego. He is a very prideful figure, and so he often takes too many risks for the sake of effect or challenging himself. Odysseus, Continue reading...

Pride and Prejudice (1940)
The film Pride and Prejudice was produced in 1940 being adapted from a novel of the same title by Jane Austen. Robert Z. Leonard directed the film with Aldous Huxley serving as one of the screenwriters. There are many characters in the film. They are as listed below. The first character in the film is Elizabeth Bennet, who is the heroine of the story. The key events and characters of the story are brought out through her. The other character is Mr. Darcy. Our opinion about him follows that of Elizabeth. He begins the film Continue reading...

Angitone's Relation to Modern Society

In my thesis, I will be comparing how the “Angitone” Relates to Modern Society. The aims of my thesis will be
- The theme of Hubris or pride and its effects
- Individual laws and beliefs versus the state’s law
- The theme of love
- The theme of gender inequality
- Relating the themes of the “Antigone” with the modern society

Introduction

The “Antigone” was written by Sophocles in the 5th century. Sophocles’ production “Antigone” has many relevant themes that relates to the modern living. Even though the book was written a long time ago, the themes in Continue reading...

Introduction

Pride is termed as the “silent assassin” to good leadership. It is normally referred to as the general state of one feeling proud or rather a pleasure arising from performing a certain task. In a community context pride come before a fall therefore an emergence and adoption of such a trait is considered as suicidal to the leadership skill and would result to a downfall of that particular leader. The scenario is well illustrated in the play Oedipus the king. When Oedipus managed to save the people of his kingdom against the curse of sphinx he was declared the Continue reading...

Honor, reputation, popularity, class, agreeability, are several values that really matter in the society portrayed by Jane Austin in her novel “Pride and Prejudice”. Caught between these two elements (pride and prejudice) that define their beliefs, their morals and their shallow personalities, most characters exposed in this novel are concerned about how other people see them and are doing everything in their power to maintain the social appearances, while following their selfish interests in acquiring wealth or finding profitable marriage settlements, meant to draw on a good social position in the same time. A very important aspect in pursuing Continue reading...

I was wounded the one first time I considered Why are we here? When I wasn’t concern with The Meaning of Life, I was content. My comfortable state ignorance was reserving prayers for Christmas Eve, and Fantasy creatures peopling my imagination. I questioned nothing and accepted nearly anything for what it was. In short, I took the absurd seriously. Possibility was my rock. It would be the heaviest pebble I should ever keep as I experienced a moment too soon in my adolescence that there was no meaning in life. I became conscious. The adults around me lacked Continue reading...

Introduction

Mixed Martial Art (MMA) is in a category of combating that is combined from various styles of traditions. Currently, it is referred as cage fighting. MMA started during Olympics of ancient Greece. Its popularity of being one of the most popular contact sports has risen over years. MMA fighters have been popular due to their skills and talents that they portray in the sport to knock out their rivals making them submit. MMA exist even before the first Olympics.
In Greece, fighters began unarmed combat performed sport known as pankration a Greek word which means “all powerful”. The sport Continue reading...

Merriam-Webster defines the act of preservation as: a) to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction – Protect, b) to keep safe from decomposition – Maintain . Human beings have traditionally given great importance to preservation of objects. This preservation can be in the form of the making of photo albums or the saving of things that we think are special to us. People generally do this to preserve memories. The first photograph of a child, wedding pictures or a gift from a friend – by preserving these things, the person is not looking to only save the thing that is special, but Continue reading...

Introduction

For a character to qualify as a tragic hero, he or she must not entirely be of good character or a completely evil character. Rather, he or she must be a good person but who contributes to own destruction due to some fatal flaw or some moral weakness.
Othello by Shakespeare is the perfect exemplification of a tragic hero. In the beginning of the story, Shakespeare portrays Othello as a consummate leader of the military whose thoughts are essentially governed by reason and logic. He has everything at his disposal. He had enormous success at war and is one Continue reading...

Homer in his books 9 to 12 of “The Odyssey” (210-301) describes various characters differently. One of the main characters, King Oedipus is a person with strengths and weaknesses both as a subject and a leader. There is a mixture of intelligence and inner strength for King Oedipus. Besides, the king also has specific flaws. Amazingly, Oedipus as a king met his tragedy on the basis of his strengths and weaknesses. Throughout his life as a subject and as a king, Oedipus had strengths and weaknesses, which is significantly believed to have contributed to his tragic downfall within the Continue reading...

Answer 5

The Book I of Homer’s Iliad focuses on Achilles’ wrath or the anger and its consequence. Looking at Book I alone, Achilles’ decision seems more in harmony with his personality and occupation. Achilles was neither a God nor a king, rather a mighty soldier. He was the best warrior of the Achaean army and everybody’s preference in wars and battles of importance. In his own words, “The major share of war’s fury rests on me” (Page 5, Paragraph 180). Having emerged victorious in overtaking many cities via raid by the Achaean army, he had emerged as Continue reading...

Over the years, the US government has maintained a “hands off” approach with regards to involvement in sports. This is based on the premise that privatization of professional sports is the best thing for the country. However, a cursory look into international sports will make one appreciate why governments get involved in sports. First of all, sporting events have an important place in any society because sporting is a cultural phenomenon. In addition, nothing beats the sense of pride and unity when athletes competing in international events win a medal for the country. As a consequence, sports help to Continue reading...

Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Old Man and the Sea” presents a thought provoking response to the theme of pride versus humility. By looking at the motives of two main characters we can gain a better insight into two different takes on this issue.
The protagonist of the novel is Santiago. Santiago’s character develops over the course of the novel. Santiago represents an undying need to prove himself and his stubbornness doesn’t allow him to give into his struggles (Hemingway). The old man is in a constant battle against the forces of the sea, even though we Continue reading...

The societal idea of pride is a very mercurial and fascinating thing in modern culture. Pride, in and of itself, is an emotion one feels about themselves or anything they are affiliated with (Shariff & Tracy, 2009). In the context of individuals, pride comes as a result of interacting with other people, and is often indicative of people with higher social statuses or those who have received praise and fulfillment in their lives (Shariff & Tracy, 2009). Pride is "a complex emotion that is plainly expressed," and as such is an important visual method of interacting with others and informing our Continue reading...

The odyssey is a luminous piece of literary work by Homer which gives mesmerizing experience to the readers. It is easy for a reader to find a number of themes in this great epic and pride seems to be the most importantly portrayed all the way through the adventurers of Odysseus’s in the odyssey. Pride does not only seem to affect Odysseus substantially but also it created a number of difficulties for him throughout the story. It was the pride that cost almost ten years to his life. After grabbing victory at the Trojan War, Odysseus became prideful Continue reading...