1. Okonkwo: A Tragic Hero
Aristotle is the first to define and use a tragic hero in the play "Oedipus Rex," translated from the Greek meaning King Oedipus (pronounced edipis). ... However, I suppose that the two are directly related, for Okonkwo's inability to change was because of his need to disregard his father's ways. The very last sentence in the book is the notion of the title of the District Commissioner's new book. "He had already chosen the title of the book, after much thought: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger." ... They say that love is blind, but I believe the o...
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