"If I catch him inside the borders of this land, I'll cut his head off his shoulders and put a stop to his making his thyrsus ring and shaking his locks! This is the man who says that Dionysus is a god, this the man who says he was once sewn into the thigh of Zeus, when in fact he was destroyed by the fiery lightning bolt, he and his mother, because she falsely named Zeus as her lover!"
(Bacchae, line 233-243)
Pentheus shows that he does not believe that Dionysus is a god and he is willing to kill him. This is not only prove that he is disrespecting the gods, he also feels superior to them and therefore shows Hubris behaviour. I think he is so into his perfect controled world that he does not realize that terrible things could happened to him. He is not only disrespecting Dionysus the god but also his mother "he and his mother, because she falsely named Zeus as her lover!" and most important of all, he is insulting Zeus that is not only his father but also the god of the gods, so the reader I thing right away feels that his punishment is going to be very harsh.
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