Pride is a personalized motor which drives everyone to fulfillment, and is in no way detrimental. Pride is a fundamental of life which shapes ones believes; it is true and good, and no one can take it away. As in “Antigone” pride provides for Antigone’s basis to bury her brother, Polyneices, and for her righteous death. Antigone’s pride takes over when Creon pronounces death to anyone who buries the traitor Polyneices. Antigone’s pride helps her make the decision to bury Polyneices even if it means death. Her pride makes her more than contempt with her punishment. Pride convinces Antigone her actions are holy, she compares herself to godly figures such as Niobe. Even the townspeople of Thebes compare Antigone to godly ancestors. It may seem Antigone’s pride leads her to death and is detrimental, but detrimental to whom? Her pride isn’t detrimental to her, for it provides for her acceptance of her death. Antigone even says, “if I must die. I say that this crime is holy” (Sophocles Prologue. 55-56) for she knows the penalty for her actions is death, but her pride convinces her it is all in good cause. Therefore, even though her pride leads to her death, for her it is a righteous death. Furthermore, pride can’t be detrimental if the one with the pride is pleased and convinced their actions are honorable. Pride is the opposite of detrimental; it is not injurious or harmful, yet helpful and vindictive. Antigone knows if she dies “It will not be the worst of deaths – death without honor” (Sophocles Prologue. 81-82) because for her it is honorable. Pride for Antigone is worth fighting for, dieing for; thus it is not detrimental to her. In conclusion pride is no more detrimental than a band-aid, it gives Antigone self assurance and lets her die in peace.