“He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat”, Napoleon Bonaparte. Okonkwo lives in a world where superiority is everything. He has made himself into someone who is in constant fear of weakness. This fear pushes him to be great but is slowly chipping away at him till his unexpected and inevitable defeat. Okonkwo does qualify as a tragic hero who wouldn’t have redeemed himself.
Okonkwo follows Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero, word for word. In ‘Things Fall Apart’ Okonkwo is a tragic hero. In page 8, “Okonkwo was clearly cut out for great things. He was still young but he had won fame as the greatest wrestler”. Okonkwo begins his story just as Aristotle describes a tragic hero would. He is extremely successful not taking his young
Okonkwo follows Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero, word for word. In ‘Things Fall Apart’ Okonkwo is a tragic hero. In page 8, “Okonkwo was clearly cut out for great things. He was still young but he had won fame as the greatest wrestler”. Okonkwo begins his story just as Aristotle describes a tragic hero would. He is extremely successful not taking his young