Many times, in a novel, a tragic hero will be presented as a wholesome character, who winds up badly because he was being just and brave. Aristotle’s view on tragic heroes was that they had to evoke empathy from the reader, and had to be relatable. A tragic hero must also possess qualities of goodness. In the novel, Things Fall Apart, the main character Okonkwo deliberately chooses to have a certain personality based on what he thinks is perfectly masculine. Based on Aristotle’s view about a tragic hero, Okonkwo, the main character in Things Fall Apart, does not fit the part because he does not contain the proper qualities of a good person and does not react well when faced with challenges. Throughout the novel, Okonkwo showed the exact
