Saturday, 13 June 2009

Discuss the role of prejudice in the effectiveness of "Marriage is a Private Affair."

Nene
overcoming prejudice is an element that enhances the effectiveness of "Marriage is a
Private Affair."

Nene confronts prejudice from different people in the
short story.  One instance is when she has to deal with the prejudicial attitudes of the Ibo
women in Lagos.  When they meet her, Achebe suggests these women made her feel as if "she
was not one of them."  This represents an attitude of subtle discrimination, a type of
behavior that displayed how Nene was perceived to be an outsider.  Achebe shows that Nene
overcomes this in doing her job and not...

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