Hubris is the feeling of over assurance and pride in oneself that eventually leads to a downfall or disaster. Oedipus shows hubris many times throughout the story, Oedipus the King. It is proven that Oedipus really thinks he is great by how he refers to himself in third-person as, “Oedipus the Great.” An example of how he shows hubris is when he tries to deny his fate. Oracle of Delphi tried telling him that he was destined to kill his father and sleep with his mother, but he tried to escape his fate by never returning to Corinth. Ironically, the downfall from this is it was this action that led him to kill his real father Laius and to marry his mother, Jocasta. Another example from this text is when the gods have not revealed who killed Laius,…show more content… I personally relate with Shakespeare’s sonnets on a human level. One sonnet I clearly relate with is Sonnet 64. Lines 12-14 state, “This thought is as a death, which cannot choose but weep to have that which it fears to lose.” This takes the thought of losing someone or something that is close to you or someone you love. Death is one of my fears. It states Time as being the idea that takes these things away. This example sets up one of my emotional worries. Another one of Shakespeare’s sonnets that I relate to on a human level is sonnet 138. This sonnet is about loving someone even though that person lies. Lying is a sin that humans do on the regular, and sometimes don’t even mean to. In this sonnet, he is talking about his significant other, but this can be anyone that you love. I know my friends and family tell me lies whether it is my little sisters telling me the boy they have a crush on, or my parents telling me nothing when I ask them what they got me for my birthday. Even though this happens, I still love them and look past it like Shakespeare’s says in this sonnet. He says, “Therefore I lie with her, and she with me, and in our faults by lies we flatter’d be” (Lines 12-13). Renaissance works about portraying and exploring the human experience, but for me I relate most to Shakespeare’s
