novel, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, protagonist Okonkwo starts off with a sense of nobility and respect based on “solid personal achievements” that he has made. However he can be considered a tragic hero based on the parameters set by Aristotle, including his tragic flaw which is his fear of weakness and failure. The elements of a tragic hero prove that even someone as well respected and popular as Okonkwo can falter and be classified as a tragic hero. In Achebe’s novel, Okonkwo is well
embodied by a fantasy of having gills and a tail, it is absolutely resolute that greatness varies. In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart , there is an intense need to be ‘great’ among the Igbo people. To be seen as the best, even to the point of being seen as a god. Upholding these customs is a man by the name of Okonkwo who strives constantly towards greatness. Though the all-embracing question is, did Okonkwo
Okonkwo, the protagonist of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, was a prominent, strong, self-made Umuofian man who died a tragic hero. The thoughts and actions of this man of strong conviction were dictated by the emotions: Fear, pride, and anger. These emotions shaped the way Okonkwo lived, self-consciously impacting his self-perceived role in Igbo culture. This caused him to have an incredibly distant and temperamental relationship with his many wives and children, thus having a negative impact
a tragic hero is present in every story from millions of years ago to now. Tragic heroes are usually people of high status who bring about their own downfall with errors in judgement or a significant flaw. Despite the vast differences in time and place, three tragic heroes -Creon, Othello and Okonkwo- all experience drastic downfalls brought about by their fears and impetuous actions. It is delineated that all three heroes are molded perfectly to Aristotle’s archetype of a tragic hero. In Sophocles’