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PRIDE KILLS
Based on the Greek play, Antigone.
By Sophocles.

If you have no pride than life is not worth living, but too much of a good thing will kill you. Excessive pride, also known as hubris, is often used in tragedies like Antigone. Most often, this will lead to a change in fortune due to this tragic flaw. This can be portrayed through the characters Antigone and Creon. It is important to take into consideration of the fact that pride is like a dark evil in this play. Not only is it evil, but also sets an ironic confrontation between Creon and Antigone. It is of great importance to the reader to comprehend this because it plays a major role in foreshadowing the tragedies to come. In the play "Antigone," Creon and Antigone are both guilty of excessive pride, which in turn leads to foreshadowing, irrational thinking, and irony.
When someone shows an abundance of pride it is usually to cover his or her own insecurities. As is the case of King Creon in this play.......

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