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meg592
meg592
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High School - 11th Grade

What is the "Hubris Factor"?

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Posted by meg592 on Wednesday June 3, 2009 at 5:18 AM and tagged with hubris factor, into the wild.

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  1. mzdani77
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    High School - 9th Grade

    The word “hubris” is derived from the ancient Greeks.  A person who dared to challenge the gods, or to become too full of their own importance, strength, intelligence, or power suffered from “hubris”.  In today’s terms, we use hubris to mean arrogance or excessive pride.  In literary terms, the word hubris as become synonymous with the term “tragic flaw”.  It is the character’s “hubris” that will ultimately lead to his or her downfall.  When a character has become too self-important, too arrogant, too confident in his or her own prowess, then they must be reeled back in, or struck down.

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    Posted by mzdani77 on Wednesday June 3, 2009 at 9:07 AM