Is The Difference Between Cyrano De Bergerac And The Banality Of Heroism

Imagine a single drop of water. All humans need water to survive, yet if a person possess too little water they will surely perish. Possessing too much water however, leads to calamities like floods. Pride itself is much like water; too much of it is an obnoxious behavior yet too little is detrimental to one’s self-esteem. Nowadays, modern-day society views pride as something dreadful yet America as a whole needs to realize justified pride in the right amount is an exemplary trait to have. Modern-day media depicts pride as a sinful trait yet it is also a heroic trait to possess. Pride gives heroes the ability to stick to a moral code and be uncompromising in their ideals. An example of a character who utilizes justified, pride as a tool to

In “Oedipus the King” the protagonist Oedipus proves to be a flawed character because of his excessive pride. Oedipus grew up as a prince and was always prideful in a sense Oedipus never earned his pride but was born it illustrating the issue with unjustified pride. Oedipus is a tragic hero because his tales ends with tragedy with his wife killing herself and himself stabbing his eyes out, as well as his flawed character stemming from his excessive pride. In this sense, his pride created his problems thus proving unjustified pride is a horrible monstrosity. Nothing is wrong with pride but rather where the pride stems from is the issue. Oedipus’ excessive pride was his major personality fault because it originated from being born into royalty. If Oedipus’ pride had occurred from something less superficial, for example being, a good person, then he would have never had gotten an unhappy ending. He would of never had killed his father, the former king of Thebes, married his own mother and then later found out all of his own mistakes thus ruining his and his family’s life. A character that contrasts greatly Oedipus yet still proves that justified pride is wonderful is Rostand’s Cyrano. Cyrano is a prideful character yet he has pride for all the right reasons. Cyrano loves the fact that he