Okonkwo As a Tragic Hero in

Things Fall ApartPrepared by: Vibhuti V. Bhatt,

M. A. Part – 2,

Sem –4,

Submitted to: Department of

English,

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji

Bhavnagar University,

Bhavnagar.

Aristotle’s Concept of Tragic Hero

“The ideal tragic hero …

must be an intermediate kind of person,

a man not pre-eminently virtuous and just,

His misfortune, however, is brought upon

him not by vice or depravity but by some

error of judgment.”

Okonkwo at the beginning of the

novel

“A man of action and war”

“His personal fame rested on solid personal

achievements.”

Okonkwo in the middle of the

novel

Okonkwo is an exile

Reason - Tragic flaw in his character – his

inflexibility and lack of compromise.

And his Obsession with “masculine” values

and his lack of tolerance.

Okonkwo at the end of the novel

Commits suicide