Hubris

Episode 4 Summary The Shepherd arrives in Thebes. Both Oedipus and the Messenger interrogate the Shepherd, who resists the questioning at first. The Shepherd tells Oedipus and the Messenger that he does not quite remember the details of his encounter with the Messenger and baby Oedipus. However, after Oedipus threatens to torture or kill the Shepherd, he reveals that he was one of Laius’ men. In addition, he also admits that Jocasta, mother and wife of Oedipus, gave him the order to dispose of…

How does Shakespeare present Macbeth in Act 5? P1: Point: Macbeth is shown to have hubris Evidence: ”What's the boy Malcolm? Was he not born of woman?” (Explanation) Techniques: Questions, Repetition of a questions What: Used questions to show how Macbeth is arrogant and think he is…

Perhaps the essential element of a great story is the characters, just as complexity is the mark of a great character. What is interesting about a pure, likeable character where life always goes their way? Not much when the audience relates and learns from someone that deals with the woes of life just as they do. Filled with quite a few memorable deep characters, Django Unchained (2012)—directed by Quentin Tarantino—features the title hero, Django, a slave in Antebellum Texas two years prior to…

Sophocles’ original intentions for his play Antigone has been open to interpretation for thousands of years through different languages, morals standards, wars, revolutions, cultural beliefs and human emotion, leading to varied and perhaps even misinterpretations on part of both audiences and translators, much like the bible. Throughout 4th century B.C.E and the 21st century, there has been vast changes in culture, thus leading to the audience reading the play and seeing it through a different…

for the audience to relate her suffering at her downfall directly with her flaw. “Hubris” is translated as excessive pride, the most common flaw in tragedies. Oedipus is a nobly proud man who is highly renowned and prosperous - his pride is revealed in his strong belief that he is greater than the gods while the Greeks believed that the gods took control of what happened to them. One of the greatest acts of his hubris in this tragedy is shown when the…

The play Antigone by Sophocles translated by Ian Johnston, follows the guides for a tragic hero in which the main character, the king, merges to act the role as the tragic hero. He reveals his flaw as hubris and faces many challenges that make him take drastic decisions. His arrogance does not let him see that he has made mistakes and he would not assume them. He ends up losing everything that matters to him, in a devastating series of events. This makes him the perfect tragic hero in this play…

Was the pain Chris McCandless brought to his loved ones justified? “Nothing was more important to Chris than truth. He believed strongly that absolute truth should be part of everything you do in this life.” (Carine McCandless) To those who knew Christopher McCandless, he was a charming young man with a bright future ahead of him. He was brimming with self-confidence and had a profound respect for nature. During the May of 1990, after graduating from Emory University as a top athlete with high…

For example, in the story “Spunk”, Joe Kanty pays the ultimate price for his pride: death. However, Joe is courageous, not arrogant. Hubris is what leads him to such an unfortunate fate. Spunk hurt his pride when he took Joe’s wife, and in an attempt to mend it, he faces death. All of the men in town try to warn Joe, telling him that “Spunk will sho’ kill him” (Hurston, “Spunk” 2), but…

upon the public consciousness and has generated countless novels and films aimed at entertaining the general public through dramatised depictions of the mass sinking. The historical event is one of human interest due to factors that surround it; the hubris surrounding the ship prior to launch, the impact of social class juxtaposed with chances of survival and the fictional characterisation of historical personages on board. It is this contrast between…

Throughout Beowulf, the writer stays very close to the idea of a Hero’s Journey or monomyth. Beowulf can be seen as a hero in many different ways. One of the major similarities Beowulf has to a hero is his hubris or tragic flaw. His tragic flaw is similar to many other heroes tragic flaws which is his overconfidence. This can especially be seen at the end of the book during the fight against the dragon. Beowulf assumed that he was just as strong as he was 50 years in the past when he fought…