Category: Literary Criticism

Macbeths self-awareness and grasp of reality deteriorate as the play progresses. How far do you agree? Notably, the witches have an instant effect on Macbeths self-awareness from when he first meets them in Act 1, Scene 3. At the beginning of this scene, Macbeth has a firm grasp on reality and refers to the witches…

Since the dawn of time, mankind has persevered due to ambition. Whether it be for a civilized life or finding the truth of the universe, we all strive for our determined goals. Parents ambition is for their child to grow, ambition can manipulate our ideas and will in a productive manner. However, when ambition takes…

Is change always positive or is it negative, and can it hurt societies? The Author of the book, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe exposes different reactions to people and change. Things Fall Apart is based in an Igbo village in Nigeria in the late 1800s to early 1900s. The story is based around a strong…

For a long time, the colonial discourses have Africa and African humans very badly; they justify their colonial mission by way of portraying a faux image of African people. Postcolonial writers such as Chinua Achebe produced an anti-colonial discourse to withstand these colonial stereotyped pics and to show that Africans are equal to different nations…

A proverb is an originally popular phrase, which has been repeated among people in a society to express a moral thought, advice, or lesson. In Achbe’s novel, there are numerous proverbs that reveal the cultural values of the Igbo people, proverbs that represent ideas, or others that provide the point of view on a particular…

The Salem Witch Trials come to life on stage when paranoia, hysteria, and deceit grip this Puritan town. The play, The Crucible has overarching themes of truth, respect, and redemption. It is clear that truth matters less than reputation, while respect outweighs redemption. The Crucible frames truth, respect, and redemption respectively within three topics: to…

In this last passage of the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe declares that stories told from an outside perspective that neglects to delve into the culture are often incorrect. The actions and events within a culture can be easily misunderstood without full understanding. It is important to note how the last paragraph is written…

In the story Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe gives information on how their Nigerian culture (Igbo religion) believed in father-son inheritance, farming, traditions, and belief in evil spirits. For someone to believe in something different was like a crime to them. To be Christian was something that Okonkwo didnt want for his children. It went…

The book I chose and read throughout the duration of this quarter was Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart, an incredible story of the chronicles of pre-life colonization of Nigeria and the arrival of Europeans, that would change Nigeria for years to come. It can’t be expressed enough how much I enjoyed this reading experience and…

Recalled… Things Fall Apart is a novel written by a Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Published in 1958, its story chronicles pre-colonial life in the south-eastern part of Nigeria and the arrival of the Europeans during the late nineteenth century. The novel serves as a mirror to me; Im from West Africa, Liberia. I came to…