Saturday, April 29, 2017

Okonkwo as "The Tragic Hero"

The author of "Things Fall Apart", Chinua Achebe has portrayed Okonkwo utilizing the tragic hero archetype, where "a character for the most part of the story makes a judgment mistake that unavoidably prompts their own death or fall." This usually links to the Igbo people's culture dying and more specifically to Okonkwo's downfall. Achebe was pretty successful in doing so as such through indirect characterization of where a target third portrayal is shown. As readers, we can recognize specific parts of the story which clarifies certain characteristics of Okonkwo's identity.
Unfortunately Okonkwo is imperfect and full of different flaws that are repeated to represent specific attributes and a symbol of  Okonkwo as a genuine person which doesn't make the reader more attracted to a specific content additionally makes the novel novel more dynamic with it a dull portray of him. Okonkwo, as a disastrous brave figure, stands both fearlessly for the convictions and convention of his way of life by looking for social breakthrough of drawing a nearer pilgrim powers. In the defense of this conjunction by the Igbo culture, he "Achebe" symbolizes an inner inconsistency of his way of life's beliefs.
Generally speaking, he gives "shows" an example that dismisses the Igbo societies and convictions in this way Okonknwo's qualities are better comprehended in the wake of finding out about Igbo culture. His qualities can be basically broke down to better comprehend bigger ideas in the content. These are all ideas that we as readers see Achebe trying to connect with us throughout the novel and his characterization of Okonkwo and his beliefs.

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