Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 13 AIL 1213 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hubris
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The idea
Hubris is overweening pride, the presumption of a mortal who oversteps proper limits. The glossary has no headword for it, though it defines hamartia. The two are often confused: hubris names a particular flaw, hamartia names the category any flaw falls into.
In practice
Hubris is one hamartia among many.
Where people slip
A kind, not a synonym.
Your place on the trail
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