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 ID: 483597
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Hubris in Frankenstein
Kaven
Brown
Lena Hines
Austin Jones
Allison
Sandefur
Shanea
CappsSlide2
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 .”
Examples of movies that used hubris:
Catching Fire
:
Finnick
acts overconfident when he first meets
Katniss
.
The Notebook
: Noah acts overconfident when he asks Allie out on the Farris wheel. Slide3
Thesis Statement
In the novel
Frankenstein
, by Mary Shelley, hubris is portrayed through Walton and Victor’s life ambitions to prove that arrogance leads to impossible standards, neglect, and destruction.
If an essay were written about this theme it would say, that hubris caused the deaths of many people and was destructive to Victor and Walton’s lives.Slide4
Victor and Walton consider their sisters perfect, setting impossible standards for Margaret and Elizabeth to live up to.
Quote: “The saintly soul of Elizabeth shown like a shrine-dedicated lamp in our peaceful home” (Shelley 23-24).
Explanation: Victor Considers Elizabeth as his personal possession and a god-like figure. Slide5
Victor and Walton consider their sisters perfect, setting impossible standards for Margaret and Elizabeth to live up to.
Quote: “ I love you very tenderly” (Shelley 7).
“Your affectionate brother R Walton” (Shelley 4).
In these two quotes Walton shows passionate affection as if Margaret is more than a sister.Slide6
Both characters had hubris in the well-being of the people they cared for the most, neglecting them when it was most prominent.
Quote: “But I had rather die than return shamefully, my pur
p
ose unfulfilled” (Shelley 205).
This quote shows hubris through Walton’s overconfidence in his journey and therefore would not listen to the crew’s concerns.Slide7
The creature Victor made and the journey Walton was so determined to complete were both destructive to the men and everyone around them.
Quote: “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber” (Shelley 43-44).
Victor was overconfident while he was making the creature, but once the creature came to life he abandoned it, resulting in the death of all his close friends and family.