The Fatal Consequence of Hubris
In The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus has to face Hubris many times in the story as he spends years trying to find a way home after the Trojan war. Two instances when Odysseus faced especially strong Hubris were his encounters with Laertes’ son and the Cyclops. Both times, immortals try to use pleasurable gifts and fatal consequences to keep Odysseusus from continuing his quest home to Ithaca and his wife Penelopee. These examples prove that hubris can lead to a fatal consequence [In the movie Scarface the main character is named Tony Montana essentially sells drugs, also is valor in battle , and hurts people. In the end Tony’s life is cut short when he is killed by the lifestyle he chose to live. Another example would be the movie avengers infinity war and the main character is Thanos. Thanos will stop at nothing to get the 5 infinity stones to get these stones he kills people and exhibits no remorse through hubris behavior. This ties into Odysseus by expressing his similar traits and similar
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The section is about Odysseus, son of Laertes, telling the beginning of his hard journey to king Alcinous on the island of Phaeacia, Before he was washed ashore to the island of Phaeacia, Odysseus has lost all his men on boats. The enslavement of women led to the grief of hubris until a third dawn came with ringlets shining . Plunder we took, and we enslaved the women, to make division, equal shares to all- but on the spot I told them: ‘’Back, and quickly! Out to sea again’’(In 153-156). Plunder we took, and we enslaved the women shows hubris will come to odysseus. This demonstrates that doing bad things to people will bring bad to you. We saw death in that fury, dropping the yards,