“Psychoanalysis is the confession without absolution.” This quote by Germaine Greer, who was an Australian theorist, academic and journalist, demonstrates how character such as, Okonkwo and Nwoye in Things Falls Apart, by Chinua Achebe and Iago and Othello Othello by William Shakespeare show what their intentions are and their emotions , but they will not show their what drives them to commit their actions. Okonkwo proves this quote by actively attempting not to be like his father without giving any reason to his village on why he acts in a certain way, despite his power and emotions. Nwoye exhibits this quote by not sharing his true reasons behind why he rather follow his mother and the missionaries, rather than his father, with his father, he rather keep
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Iago certifies this quote by never fully admitting to himself, why he was obsessed with Othello, to the point where he wanted to ruin his marriage that was built on love. Othello presents this quote by becoming extremely obsessed with his own flaws that he let his flaws take over his eyes and believed every word that Iago placed in his ear. Combining these separate characters, using psychoanalysis, all of these characters wanted to avoid a virtually inevitable fate, to the point where they made their own personas.
In Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is known as “a man of action, a man of war” (Achebe, 8) he was very different from his father because “unlike his father, he could stand the look of blood.” Okonkwo is constantly comparing himself to his father, and continuously trying to convince himself that he will never fall back to his father’s place, to become “lazy and improvident.” (Achebe, 3) To avoid this he does everything he can to show his village and all “other nine villages”(Achebe, 1), that he is the ultimate warrior, including “throwing Amalinze the Cat,” “who for seven years was
Iago certifies this quote by never fully admitting to himself, why he was obsessed with Othello, to the point where he wanted to ruin his marriage that was built on love. Othello presents this quote by becoming extremely obsessed with his own flaws that he let his flaws take over his eyes and believed every word that Iago placed in his ear. Combining these separate characters, using psychoanalysis, all of these characters wanted to avoid a virtually inevitable fate, to the point where they made their own personas.
In Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is known as “a man of action, a man of war” (Achebe, 8) he was very different from his father because “unlike his father, he could stand the look of blood.” Okonkwo is constantly comparing himself to his father, and continuously trying to convince himself that he will never fall back to his father’s place, to become “lazy and improvident.” (Achebe, 3) To avoid this he does everything he can to show his village and all “other nine villages”(Achebe, 1), that he is the ultimate warrior, including “throwing Amalinze the Cat,” “who for seven years was