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In order to understand why Chinua Achebe chose to portray Okonkwo as a tragic hero we first need to understand what a tragic hero is. A tragic hero is a person with heroic qualities. But the hero struggles mightly against this fate and this cosmic conflict wins our admiration. Okonkwo, the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's 1958 masterpiece, Things Fall Apart , faces the exact struggles of being a tragic hero. Okonkwo is the leader and of the Igbo, a Nigerian ethnic community, who live in the village of Umofia. Okonkwo’s incredible talents drive him to success only in the end to bring him to his ruin. Similar to other tragic heroes, Okonkwo also has a tragic flaw, which is a fear of weakness and failure. While the fear of failure and weakness drives Okonkwo to work hard and helps him earns his fame and achievements, on the other hand, it also causes him many problems. Many times throughout Okonkwo's life, his fear of failure and weakness leads him to act harshly, viol

Winston Churchill gave the speech called “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” on the 4 th of June in 1940. It is  one of the most inspirational and moving speeches delivered during the time of The Battle of France by a lieutenant colonel of Britain’s army named Winston Churchill. The speech is directed to the Parliament to up date them about how the war is proceeding in all aspects of the Britain’s army. Its intention was keeping the House of Commons up to date about the war and how the German army had pushed them back. The analysis of the speech will inform the audience about the person who wrote the speech and what the speech meant to the people at that time, it will also look at how the speech could be useful to historians. The speech was given to the House of Commons. Winston Churchill was elected for his military experience because of his prediction of the Germans to advance. The audience would be the members of the house of commons since it was given there instead of a public p