Fun way to get points!! hubris is a common theme among Greek heroes who think of
themselves indestructible or unbeatable. Name a time when you witnessed hubris in either a work
of fiction or in real life. Explain exactly what happened. Why was this person/character
overconfident in their abilities? What happened to them as a direct result of their overconfidence?
Please respond in 50+ words

This is a funny story from my childhood,

Explanation:

My father was a Boyscout all the way up to the Eagles. (Which is the highest level you can go to as boyscout. They are about 16-17) Which made him think that when we went camping, he was the man for the job. So we got out to the camping site and we were setting up the tent. My brother was having a hard time getting the pole inside the tent to stick upwards. So my dad comes rushing over and pulls him aside and says "Son, let me teach you how to set up a pole tent. I'm unbeatable when it comes to setting these up. I got the fastest pole tent set up when I was about your age." So he sticks the pole inside and shoots back out and smacks him right in the middle of his face. He falls down and we start laughing. He shakes his head and says "It's rigged" My mother comes over with a smile and sticks the pole in with no effort and the tent stands perfectly balanced. That's the time my dad got beaten in setting up a tent by my mother, who never was a girlscout.

true maby

explanation:

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.