He always took pride in himself, thinking he was always right. He never realized what he was doing what wrong, until the end after he lost his wife, his son, and Antigone from his actions. Creon had the choices of allowing the burial to go through and just ignore the law he made and living a great life with his family, or keep the law strong and putting all of this stress on everyone. Since he picked the decision of sticking with the law and following through, he lost he love ones and Antigone. Knowing that he caused the death of these three and it will live with him forever, it might as well be as bad as dying.
self respect and personal worth. Pride is generally thought of as a positive quality, but when it dominates one’s life, people end up sacrificing what is truly important. “In general pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.” This quote by the English author, John Ruskin, suggests that behind every immense error one will find a person blinded by his own ego. The short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, proves that this quote is valid. In the story both the characterization and conflict help to show how “pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.” The characterization of the narrator allows the reader to see the problem brought about by having too much pride.
However, when he reached his city, he had his usual pride, having seen his city of Uruk in all of its grandeur. One of the factors in the quests of Rama and Gilgamesh was the amount of pride in themselves and their accomplishments. Rama’s pride is shown best in the situation when he killed Ravana and thought Ravana’s back was turned as the Brahmasthra struck. He was upset at the thought, which shows that he is too proud to kill someone in such a manner. Gilgamesh’s pride would urge him to continue his impossible quest even though beings such as the Man-Scorpions would tell him how
Montresor, in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, vows to take revenge on his supposedly good friend, Fortunato, chaining him in the catacombs underneath his home to rest with the other bodies for all eternity. Despite what he seems to be telling the reader, this character is not a sociopath driven by anger. Montresor is compelled to methodically cleanse his life of this stain. It is less an act of revenge than it is a cleansing ritual. The setting of the story raises it from a mere horror story to one of religious rebirth.
Edgar Allan Poe’s work portrayed much spook. Throughout a certain piece, Masque of the Red Death, fear was brought through a theme of ignorance. He develops this through the thought that with prosperity and wealth, death and time can be escaped. “...But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court…” Prospero is the largest doer of the theme of ignorance.
John Mackey Mrs. White Honors English 10/ 4th period 4 March 2012 Ironic Downfall into the Catacombs The literary devices irony and foreshadowing are used to accent one another. Edgar Allan Poe craftily uses both of these devices in order to make his stories tricky and deceitful to the characters but obvious to the reader. As the devices intertwine they allow for stories to become more complex and meaningful. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”, Poe uses irony to foreshadow Fortunato’s downfall through the Montresor coat of arms, the origin of the characters’ names, and the use of the Free Masons. The Montresor family crest, the human foot d’or, accompanied by its motto, Nemo me impune lacesit (No one insults me with impunity),
The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe was a great writer of the nineteenth century, one who wrote about suspense, mystery and horror. He thrills his audience with suspenseful stories, short stories and poetry. Edgar lived a very troubled life, first, marked by the death of his parents and then by the death of his wife. The subjects he chose for his stories and poetry were very dark in nature, which mirrored his life that was plagued with gambling, drinking and mental illness. Some would say that these elements in his life made him the brilliant writer that he was.
He spared Lennie from dying scared and tortured. George loved Lennie and killing him was one of the most selfless things he would ever do. In the end, George comforted Lennie by telling him their story again so the last thoughts Lennie had were happy ones. If George had not killed Lennie, he would have regretted it the rest of his life. He would have betrayed not only himself, but Lennie as well.
Here, Gilgamesh finally shows emotion, he is devastated and for the first time he is not afraid to show it. For Hancock, the climax comes when he realizes that as immortals get closer they begin to loose their powers. So many years ago Mary deserted him so he could live and now he must return the favor. In both instances this action marks the end of the
Poe put much effort and thought into the details of his literature, he painted a descriptive picture for the reader matter how dark and dreary. The name “Fortunato” means fortune/fortunate, which is symbolic because it is the complete opposite for the character in this story since his fate has been decided for him, “derivation from the verb fortunate, blessed by the goddess fortuna, or random fate. Naturally, to embrace fortuna was unthinkable in the Reformed traditions. Fate was not random” (87). Montresor is constantly smiling at Fortunato so he will have no suspicion of his bad intentions.