Hubris
- An excess of ambition, pride, etc., ultimately causing the transgressor’s ruin.
If the love of money is the root of all evil, then hubris is its trunk. Cautionary tales abound. Following are excellent illustrations of people whose self-aggrandizement ran their lives straight onto a blade ~ and a few who somehow fashioned a tourniquet.
Examples of Hubris in Film
- 100 Mile Rule
- 25th Hour
- A Few Good Men
- A Man for All Seasons
- August
- Basic Instinct
- Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
- Blow
- Boiler Room
- Bugsy
- Casino
- Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Fatal Attraction
- Frankenstein: The True Story
- Frost/Nixon
- Goodfellas
- Guinivere
- Hannah and Her Sisters
- Heartburn
- House of Games
- Jerry Maguire
- LA Confidential
- little man
- Margin Call
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
- Midnight Express
- Mighty Aphrodite
- Mrs. Harris
- Nine
- Notes on a Scandal
- Owning Mahowny
- Party Monster
- Quiz Show
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Romeo is Bleeding
- Runaway Train
- Seven / Se7en
- Shattered Glass
- Some version of Dangerous Liasions (any will do)
- Splice
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- The Doctor
- The Door in the Floor
- The Fisher King
- The Perfect Storm
- Thor
- Titanic
- Trading Places
- Unfaithful
- Wall Street
- We Don’t Live Here Anymore
“hubris.” Dictionary.com Unabridged. 18 Dec. 2011. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hubris>.
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