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jayesha
jayesha
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What is the role of women in "Things Fall Apart"?

What place do they occupy hierarchically?

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Posted by jayesha on Sunday May 4, 2008 at 8:23 AM and tagged with role, things fall apart, women.

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  1. kwoo1213 Teacher
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    The answer is a complicated one.  Women were treated as possessions.  Men dominated African society and women were supposed to be subservient to them.  Women were frequently raped and beaten.  They were expected to know their place and if they tried to move outside of that "place," they suffered the consequences.  Here is a very useful link about Achebe's approach to the roles of women in this novel:

    http://www.uga.edu/~womanist/1995/mezu.html

    Sources:
    http://www.uga.edu/~womanist/1995/mezu.html

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    Posted by kwoo1213 on Tuesday May 6, 2008 at 11:13 PM