Okonkwo’s journey as a tragic hero!
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- Status/Personality/Fatal flaws ( Hamartia: a tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero; Hubris: excessive pride and disrespect for the natural order of things;) “Okonkwo Was well known throughout the nine Villages and Beyond” (Pg.3) “Okonkwo’s flame had grown like a Bushfire” (Pg.4) Had many titles like being known as a warrior and a famous wrestlerHubris - “He had no patience for unsuccessful men” (Pg.4) He cared for some loved some was hardworking but on the flip side he had a short temper ans was abusive!Hamartia - “His whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and weakness” (Pg.13)“He was afraid of being thought weak” (Pg.61) Okonkow has excessive Pride born out of fear of failure In reflection of his father's Awful demeanor, Okonkwo Strongly Believed!
- Unoka(Father)
- I have no patience for my lazy and improvident father!(pg.4)
- Okonkwo
- Journey/Suffering (Peripeteia: the reversal of fate that the hero experiences;Anagnorisis: a moment in time when the hero makes an important discovery in the story;)Error in judgment - Okonkwo kills his Adopted son (Ch. 13) “Bear no hands to his death” (Pg.121)Peripeteia -Reversal of Fate - Killing leads to Exile “It was a crime against the earth goddess, and a man who committed it must flee from the land…he could return to the clan after 7 years” (124) Realization of downfall - Cultural Collision: When Okonkwo beats the man when all the tribes come together, No one follows his lead “He knew that Umuofia would not go to war”( Pg. 205) Anagnorisis - Okonkow chi was not as strong as he thought it was - “His life had been ruled by a greater passion” Past tense? ( Pg.131)
- Im Afraid of being thought Weak! Ikemefuna was a Coward!
- Ikemefuna(Son)
- Okonkwo
- Suffering/self-reflection and giving up (Nemesis: a punishment that the protagonist cannot avoid, usually occurring as a result of their hubris; Catharsis: feelings of pity and fear felt by the audience, for the inevitable downfall of the protagonist;)Nemesis: Hangs himself“Then they came to the tree from which Okonkwo’s body was dangling and they stopped dead” (Pg.207) Catharsis: Pity for his village He realizes he can’t change anything, his clan becomes weak. “Things Fall Apart”“The man was one of the greatest men in Umuofia. you drove him to kill himself and now he will be buried like a dog” (Pg.208) Things Fall Apart ended with - “ He had already chosen the title of the book after much thought; The pacification of the Primitive tribes of the lower N”
- Okonkow
- The Commissioner
- Obierika
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