Everyone must learn to control this pride, and if they cannot, learn to accept the consequences. The ability to maintain pride without being arrogant puts some individuals above the masses. Throughout his epic poem, The Odyssey, Homer's use of plot events and conflict emphasizes that while a small amount of pride is helps one to succeed, excess pride leads to arrogance, destroying even the best people. Throughout the plot of Homer's epic, several men make challenges to Odysseus due to their excessive pride and arrogance, pushing them towards their demise. Each of these men makes an ill-advised challenge to Odysseus because of their arrogance and comes out physically or emotionally damaged.
During his fights against his peers, he understands that he has to win thoroughly. When he fought the adults, he did not understand the adults, causing him to lose. Finally, he defeats the buggers despite being outnumbered because the humans are a species that the buggers do not understand. Understanding is the key to being successful. Ender understands before making an insightful decision in order to be
An example of him being too power hungry was his desire to be Rome’s dictator for life. This shows he wanted to be the only one in control and wanted all the power to himself and didn’t want to share it with any individual. Another example is how he wanted to be like Alexandar the Great and conquer countries and have lots of power. In essence, this means his idol was a man of great power and a man who was famous for conquering countries and land. An idol like this means Caesar did not have good thoughts, and all he wanted was power and wanted people to bow down to him.
People with too much pride are easily manipulated into things because they fear people thinking less of them. Too much arrogance can lead to humiliation if you boast about yourself and your abilities and then fall short. The right amount of both can lead you to greatness, but too much like our friend Macbeth can lead to a downward spiral of bad decisions if you let hubris cloud your better judgement. Macbeth was a great war hero who allowed hubris to make decisions for him without thinking about consequences and that ultimately led to his
Antony satirically complements Brutus “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and sure he is an honorable man” (6). He does not want Brutus to win over the crowd so he attempts to complement him but does not mean it. Antony wants them to feel that Brutus is not ambitious. Antony stands up for Caesar “The word of Caesar might have stood against the world now lies he there” (8). If Caesar were still alive people would not be fighting about this, so this is all Brutus’s fault that there is this big conflict.
Before hearing the witch’s prophecy, he was a virtuous and ethical person, but after hearing that he is destined for kingship, he goes on a murderous rampage to gain political power, completely disregarding his previous decency. This is similar to how Oedipus was originally a just ruler, until he hears that he is the reason for the plague upon Thebes, which he is unable to believe because he is blinded by pride and arrogance similar to how Macbeth is blinded by the quest for supremacy. At this point in the play, blood, as well as Macbeth, has made the complete transformation from symbolizing virtue, courage, and integrity, and instead represents guilt, murder, and
He thus schemes around his disadvantage in strength by exploiting Po1yphemus’s stupidity. Though he does use violence to put out Polyphemus’s single eye, this display of strength is part of a larger plan to deceive the brute. 2. Odysseus knows that he is no match for the host of strapping young suitors in his palace, so he makes the
Obi- Wan is fighting well, but because this is his last chance to be claimed as a Padawan, he suddenly attacks furiously, defeating Bruck. He goes to Qui- Gon Jinn, sure that now that he has proven himself Qui-Gon will accept him as a Padawan. However, Qui-Gon disapproves of his aggressive fighting style, and rejects him, saying that Obi-Wan would be at too great risk for the dark side. For some readers this may be a sad point for them whilst reading. However, it is my favorite part because it teaches discipline.
Naturally,For he knows the explanation:Its sedition,Working through bribery".Creon is the type of person that need bribery inorder for him to do the right things for society. Creon ruled the entire state but does not listen to the societys good intensions. "For me, a man who rules the entire state and does not take the best advice there is,but through fear keeps his mouth forever shut..."Creon may rule the entire state but he keeps his mouth "forever shut" becasue he is afraid of the
They make Macbeth feel over confident with visions full of double meaning, which easily fools him into a state of content and invincibleness. They first capture his attentions when calling him the thane of Glamis (his original title) and thane of Cawdor. He doesn’t understand the second title, as there is already a thane of Cawdor, but is then informed that the King has appointed Macbeth thane of Cawdor because the previous thane of Cawdor is executed for treason. When Macbeth inquires about the prophesies coming true, Banquo tells him “...But ‘tis strange. / And oftentimes, to win us to out harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/ Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s/ In deepest consequence” (I.iii.121).