A Comparative Study between “Season of Migration to the North “and “Things Fall Apart With Reference to the Tragic Hero in the Two Novels

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare between Season of Migration to the North and Things Fall Apart With reference to Okonkow and Mustafa Sa’eed as a case study. To put both characters under the test to satisfy the definition of protagonist (tragic hero) and the characteristics were made by Aristotle. The descriptive analytical approach has been adopted .additionally to investigate the plot structure of the two novels and clarification that affects the protagonist and his event to reach his catastrophe. It analyzed in term of form and content, the analysis gives us view about the effect of colonizer upon the characters which reflect the effect upon all countries which has been colonized. The researcher comes out with the result that there are similarities between the two characters as tragic heroes. As an example of those similarities between Okonkow and Sa’eed that made them close to each other, the fear of expression their emotion and their deepest love to their countries.