Question

Which term refers to a character’s excessive pride? katharsis hubris hamartia lusis

Answer 1

Term which refers to character's excessive pride or self confidence is hubris.

whereas, other options refers to:

Katharsis: It means 'purgation' or purification. Aristotle in tragedy uses it to speak about the purification of emotions. In other words, it is is the releasing of the emotional energy which was built up.

Desis: Desis leads up to the climax through the actions in the tragedy. One or more mess is craftily woven and at peripetia, the unraveling the threads begin which is known as denouncement or lusis.

Hamartia is a poetic device which is translated as 'error' or 'tragic flaw' upon rendering elaborately. According to Aristotle in tragedy, it involves the hero's downfall which is due to the error on the part of a hero. It can be a simple matter of forgetting something or not knowing something.

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

B. Hubris.

The term Hubris refers to a character’s excessive pride.

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