Define hubris and describe which actions of Oedipus and Jocasta demonstrate hubris in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

A short
definition of the wordis generally presented in two words: excessive pride. In the literary
world and the world of the Greeks, this was also true but had one added element. This overblown
pride was the very thing that caused the character's downfall. So hubris might be defined as
excessive pride which causes one to fall from a high place, often taking others down, as well.
Of course this is exactly what happens to bothandin by , and neither of
them can blame anyone other than themselves.

Jocasta's two primary displays
of hubris are connected and are also the cause of her eventual shame and death. First, we learn
that Jocasta and Laius received an awful prophecy about their son: he would one day kill Laius
and marry Jocasta. Of course this is unacceptable to the couple and Jocasta cruelly sends her
son away to die a painful death in an effort to thwart the plans of the gods. Of course thinking
that one can outwit the gods is the supreme...

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