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To what extent would you agree with the idea that Chinua Achebe presents Okonkwo as a tragic hero caught up in the clash between two different viewws of the world?
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THINGS FALL APART From the works of Aristotle, a writer of tragedy in the third century BC a list of six points has been produced, showing six essential qualities needed to make a true tragic hero within a tragedy. A tragic hero is, for example, like the character Macbeth, in Shakespeare's famous play "Macbeth". Macbeth is one of the Kings greatest men, until his greed for the throne overcomes him and he becomes an evil man. Most tragic heroes have a tragic flaw, Macbeth's was his desire for the throne. I agree entirely with the statement that Okonkwo is a tragic hero for the reasons laid out below. One of Aristotle's characteristics of a tragic hero is that they must have noble stature. This is because a tragedy involves the fall of a hero, to fall; the hero must have a high position among people from which to fall. Okonkwo...
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