The story of two men who pushed limits and failed to reach personal goals If all authors used the same ones tones, there would be no differences between the books. Tone is the literary element that shows the author's attitude toward a topic. At the beginning of the hero's cycle, the reverent tone is used many times, however, as the character progresses through the book, he begins to show his flaw, which many times is revealed by the changing tones used by the author. In the story's conclusion, they accept defeat with honor after discovering their flaw. The shifting tones used by both Chinua Achebe in his book, Things Fall Apart, and William Shakespeare in his playwright, Othello, advance the tragic heroic cycle of Okonkwo and Othello. At the beginning of each of their stories, Chinua Achebe and William Shakespeare use specific tones to show the greatness of their respective tragic heroes. They are both born into nobility and are described with a reverent tone. The reverent tone shows the respect people have for male power. He was tall and enormous, and his thick eyebrows and broad nose gave him a very stern appearance. He was breathing heavily and it was said that when he slept, his wives and children in their homes could hear him breathing. When he walked, his heels barely touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs, as if he were about to pounce on someone. And he pounced on people quite often. He stuttered slightly and whenever he was angry and couldn't get the words out fast enough, he used his fists. He had no patience with failed men” (Achebe 3-4). Sensory details such as "huge", "thick eyebrows", "severe look", "walking on springs", "ready to pounce", "uses his fists", "and without patience", Give an impression Okonkwo'... ... middle of the paper ...... and William Shakespeare uses changing tones to advance his tragic hero. Each of them begins with a reverent tone. Using this, they set the high rank of their characters. They then diverge when Achebe uses an insensitive tone and Shakespeare uses a sincere tone to demonstrate the tragic flaws, which are, for Okonkwo, arrogance, not wanting to be seen with a clan that does not resist a strange, new religion. And for Othello, his tragic flaw is not trusting his wife, and it is carried out in a sincere tone because he does not scrutinize the information he is given, but rather feels that Iago, "honest Iago", is being completely genuine and, because of this false assumption, he kills his wife. In conclusion, Chinua Achebe and William Shakespeare both use similar designs of tragic heroes, however they differ in the tones they use to advance the cycle..