Essay about Comparing Things Fall Apart with Julius Caesar

In the novel, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, and the play, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, both have main characters who have hurbis. Okonkwo and Julius Caesar are main characters in both stories. An honorable man, Okonkwo tries to better than what his father was and gain great titles in his tribe. He then commits a female crime and gets exiled for seven years. When he returns, he realizes the missionaries have changed what his clan believes in. His clan no longer fights for what they believe in. Almost crowned dictator of Rome, Julius Caesar thought of himself as a great superior than all the rest. He was going to be crowned dictator of Rome until a group of men killed him. Caesar has faith in his own ideas. Okonkwo is masculine†¦show more content†¦Caesar sees believing only in himself as a strength, but in reality it is his weakness. He does not last to live much longer after believing that no man would dare to harm him. Okonkwo abides by the rules of masculinity long after it suits his life. Okonkwo thought women we inferior to men. During the Week of Peace, Ojiugo lied to her husband; in the novel it states, â€Å"And when she returned he beat her very heavily† (Achebe 29). Okonkwo’s anger took over him. His vision of himself was so great that he thought he could beat his own wife, even during the Week of Peace. Okonkwo’s favorite child would be Ezinma, but she cannot be as great as he would want her to be because she is a female. Okonkwo openly said, â€Å"She should have been a boy† (Achebe 64). Okonkwo thinks that his daughter is great, but because she is not a boy he can not admire her. He thinks she would have been better a boy because, in his mind, he thinks men are greater beings than women. Okonkwo cannot wait for his son Nwoye to grow up and be as great of a man as he was. The novel states, â€Å"He wanted Nwoye to grow into a tough young man capable of ruling his father’s household when he was dead and gone to join the ancestor† (Achebe 53). Even though Okonkwo likes Ezinma, he thinks Nwoye will keep his legacy going after he is dead. Ironically, Nwoye leaves his father’s side and joins the missionaries, while Ezinma stood by Okonkwo’s side. The reasoning for Okonkwo’s exile was due to Okonkwo shooting a young boyShow MoreRelatedAct 2 Scene 1 Extended Response Julius Caesar.1222 Words   |  5 PagesAct 2 Scene 1 in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar is a very important one. It is where Brutus reflects about tyranny, power and its nature, and Julius Caesar. He also receives an anonymous letter asking him to â€Å"Speak, Strike, Redress!† against Caesar for the good of Rome. Eventually he meets with the rest of the conspirators and they discuss Caesars assassination. 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