PPT-Hubris Hubris is essentially arrogance shown toward the gods.

Someone who exhibits hubris often has excessive pride or selfconfidence Today we might describe someone who reveals attributes of hubris as pompous or full of him or herself When we read the . Wouter VAN ACKER Hubris or Utopia? Megalomania and imagination in the work of Paul Otlet Cahiers de la documentation Guy Claxton. Centre for Real-World Learning. University of Winchester. Intelligence. The old view – 2 (or 3) antagonists. Cool reason trumps emotion/impulse/intuition. The new view – several complements. is crucial in avoiding hubris. In the Bacchae, Agaue a. nd how to fix them!. Your thesis statement should . clearly . 1) name one flaw and 2) say whether or not Ulysses overcomes it.. Weak example: . Ulysses was so full of hubris throughout his journey home, it caused him great distress.. Hamartia. Definition. Noun. A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.. Example. In Greek mythology, the hamartia of Oedipus was that he did not know his own origins, causing him to kill his father and ending up marrying his own mother.. The . Hero & Hubris. One who captures the essence of the ideal individual of a nation. A . brave . and noble . character, . admired for great achievements or affected by grand events. I. What is a . Understanding . Internal Conflict . in Stories. . Pride; . . . Virtue. . or . Vice. ?. Let’s first define virtue and vice;. A . virtue.  is a positive trait or quality deemed to be morally . Tragedies and. The Tragic Hero. Tragedy. A story about an important and heroic figure, who by his own fault and his fate causes his downfall.. Should evoke “fear and pity”: . F. ear that if this could happen to a great man it could happen to any man;. Kaven. Brown. Lena Hines. Austin Jones. Allison . Sandefur. Shanea. Capps. Hubris. Hubris: denotes overconfident pride and arrogance; it is often associated with a lack of humility, not always with the lack of knowledge. A character exhibiting hubris will often equate himself to a God or feel he is above “mere mortals .”. “All men by nature desire knowledge.”- Aristotle. Tragedy. Tragedy - . Tragedy dealt with the big themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods. Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his error, the world crumbles around him. The three great playwrights of tragedy were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. . To identify how pride comes before a fall and how Shakespeare frames the idea of fate. .. Lesson . 8. [Hubris]. Pride comes before a fall – blinkered over-confidence and a stubborn belief in one’s greatness that often leads to defiance.. Before Reading about Odysseus’ Encounter with the Cyclops, there are a Few Things . to Know…. Epic Heroes are epic…but still human. Even heroes need to be relatable to us. Superman is a normal guy during the day. Background Information. World Map. Map of The Mediterranean Sea. Map Of Aegean Sea. Homer’s Greece. Homer’s view of the world. Homer’s View of the world. Homeric Galley . Modern Recreation. Homeric soldier. Remember: context, audience, meaning, purpose, stylistic features. . Intertextuality: exploring Greek myths. In ancient Greece, stories about gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters were an important part of everyday life. They explained everything from religious rituals to the weather, and they gave meaning to the world people saw around them.