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Filled With Pride In The Poem 'Casey As The Bat'
Over confident. Haughty. Filled with pride. Casey was undoubtedly a man of hubris throughout the poem “Casey as the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. His extreme pride caused his team to lose the game. Without a doubt, there are many examples of hubris shown throughout the poem.
To begin, Casey’s actions demonstrate hubris. In stanza six line 21 the poem stated, “There was ease in Casey’s manner…”. This demonstrates as Casey went to bat he was filled with pride that he would win.
As another example In stanza six line 23 in the poem it was stated “And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat…” This shows as people were cheering Casey was showing off. Casey was showing off to reassure everyone that he would win.
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