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Hubris is a character trait where one has extreme pride to the point of where they act as if they’re god-like. Many characters in Sophocles’ Theban Plays show hubris in there character traits. It is relevant that the character Creon, in Antigone, has much hubris and it leads him to terrible suffering. Throughout Antigone, there are multiple occurrences of Creon showing his hubris. Creon’s excessive hubris won’t allow him to take advice from anyone. Creon says to his son Haemon, “Thou shalt rue thy witle