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| Paper Title: | Semiotic Construction of Masculinity in Things Fall Apart |
| Authors Name: | Dr. Ujjwala Kakarla |
| Unique Id: | IJSDR2207045 |
| Published In: | Volume 7 Issue 7, July-2022 |
| Abstract: | Chinua Achebe’s, the first novel and masterpiece, Things Fall Apart emphasizes the importance of pride and masculinity in an antiquated community, where its residents are mainly hunters and farmers. Masculinity has a huge impact on the lives of traditional and pre-colonial Igbo tribe in West Africa. Igbo tribes in Africa highly support male masculinity and dominance. From a young age the individuals are molded to understand the concept of male superiority. If anyone digresses away from this idea, is thought of as weak by the community. The rigid separation of maleness and femaleness in the Igbo society produces a constant duality which is never resolved and that weakens its strength from within. In Things Fall Apart, the protagonist, Okonkwo’s life is derived from his obsession with masculinity and his fear of failure and being like his father. Okonkwo’s entire life revolves around masculinity, and this ends of being his biggest flaw. In the end, Okonkwo ends up committing suicide after realizing there was nothing else he could do with his life. The more he tried to show he wasn’t weak, the more miserable his life became. How much would it take Okonkwo to realize that his greatest fear would finally lead to his death? The strong sense of masculinity that contributed to Okonkwo’s success led him to believe that he was invincible above all else, yet it was also the very sense that’s responsible for his downfall. The aim of this research paper is to explore the masculinity of the central character by means of semiotic representation and how it brings about his undoing, despite the fact that he lives in a conservative society where masculinity is revered. One of the reasons why Igbo society was unable to protect its culture, tradition and religion from missionaries and colonialism was its rigid conception of masculinity. |
| Keywords: | Chinua Achebe, Igbo tribe, Okonkwo, Masculinity, dominance, Antiquated Community, success, downfall, culture, tradition, religion. Semiotic Representation |
| Cite Article: | "Semiotic Construction of Masculinity in Things Fall Apart", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.7, Issue 7, page no.330 - 334, July-2022, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2207045.pdf |
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| Publication Details: | Published Paper ID: IJSDR2207045 Registration ID:200964 Published In: Volume 7 Issue 7, July-2022 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): Page No: 330 - 334 Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org ISSN Number: 2455-2631 |
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