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What unacceptable thing okonkwo do just before the feast of the new yam?
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∙ 11y ago
Okonkwo beat his wife before the feast of the new yam. Then when Ekwefi backtalks, he nearly kills her by shooting his gun near her. She is however physically unharmed.
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Okonkwo sees the killing of Ikemefuna as proof of his manliness, his willing to sacrifice one who was like a child to him to the gods based on the Oracle's word. Okonkwo feels that Obierika should have fulfilled his duty to the tribe and gone on the death march as well. Obierika finds it shameful that Okonkwo should have been the one to kill Ikemefuna. Letting him be sacrificed is one thing, but taking part in the death march and doing the killing himself are different things entirely. Obierika feels that Okonkwo should not even have gone on the march.
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Macbeth decides to do the wrong thing to gain power, murdering the king. Okonkwo is trying to do the right things to gain respect, but ends up doing some morally ambiguous things, such as killing his adopted son Ikemefuna, and killing the messenger for the Europeans.
Why is Okonkwo s first wife always called Nwoye mother?
Okonkwo's first wife is called Nwoye's mother because in Igbo culture, a woman is often referred to by her eldest child's name. Nwoye is Okonkwo's eldest son, so his mother is commonly referred to as "Nwoye's mother" to show respect to the child and emphasize the maternal lineage.
