Pride And Perspective Analysis

Pride and Perspectives

The effects of pride can have two different outcomes when looking at two different perspectives. One Perspective is a “world” view, and the other a “Godly.” The difference between the two is one is living with worldly values, and the other with Godly values.

Living with worldly values puts a more positive outlook on the effects of pride. When one can attain pride they are showing they feel that they're worthy of themselves’. It is getting to love oneself and boast. Pride is what helps us strive to get to where we want to be. However, there are times when pride can be taken too far. One sign that pride can be taken too far is when it gets in the way of one's happiness. Elizabeth, from Pride and prejudice,

along with Darcy is a good example of putting pride before their happiness. Darcy had too much pride in his social class, and Elizabeth had too much pride in not being in need of a man. It wasn't just Elizabeth that could see his pride shining through either, as Mrs. Bennet said to Mr. Bennet, “But I can assure you that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting HIS fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing. So high and so conceited that there was no enduring him! He walked here, and he walked there, fancying himself so very great! Not handsome enough to dance with! I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your set-downs. I quite detest the man.”( Austen, Jane). Once one has attained so much pride, it can be difficult to let it go. Though, pride may make you seem happy, it could be the thing hurting you the most. We could get so caught up in being prideful, we lose our true happiness or never find it. It took awhile for Both Elizabeth and Darcy to give up their pride, but once they did they were truly happy together.
When talking about Pride through a Godly understanding it can be mostly portrayed as almost a negative characteristic.

One of the biggest examples of too much pride in Christianity, is the Devil. This is because he was once an angel who basically felt he had the right to be just like God, so he was sent to what we know as hell. Really, one should not have pride at all. It should be self love. Pride, in a religious sense, leads to arrogance, vanity, and conceit (Sands,Paul). However, it can also lead to punishment as we see through the Bible, “ King Sennacherib boasted of his might and defied God—and shortly thereafter was murdered by his sons. Herod was lauded as a god, but he was struck down by an angel “because he had not given glory to God” (Acts 12:20-21) (Sands, Paul). The punishment is due to the fact that having pride is disobeying. One should not see themselves as higher than another. Pride is doing just that, by letting oneself see them self as a higher standing.

The effects of pride vary between each person, and each stand point. Coming from a worldly view, pride doesn't seem horrible, However, it doesn't seem great. It can get in the way of happiness, friendliness, and at some point self love. Coming from a Godly view point of pride, however, pride is one of the worst sins you could commit, which could hold a greater effect on

one.