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A 4 page paper which examines the role of
women in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart.” Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.
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of the colonists, it is also a story that illustrates different attitudes, or perspectives, regarding women. Women play an incredibly important, if subtle, role in Achebes novel for they help
the reader to more fully understand the culture from which Okonkwo originates. With that in mind the following paper examines some of the perspectives concerning women in the novel. The
paper discusses Okonkwos perspectives, the social perspectives, and the spiritual perspectives concerning women in the novel. Okonkwos Perspectives Bearing in mind that Achebes "Things Fall Apart" is a
story about a man, Okonkwo, it is perhaps imperative that we look at his perspectives concerning women, however briefly. We see his treatment of people like Nwoye, Idemefuna, and Enzima,
his wives and other members of the community as perhaps normal considering that he is a man and a man who possesses respect and power in the community. He has
his place and expects everyone else to remain in their given place in that culture. Above all he is a man. He thinks like a man, with masculine ideals and
perspectives that are known to his culture. Women and men without titles are held to be less than men, or real men. He expects to be heeded and he will
not take no for an answer when he still a respected man. For example, when Nwoyes mother asks whether or not Ikemefuna will be staying with them for very long,
Okonkwo tells her, "Do what you are told woman. When did you become one of the ndichie"" (Achebe 18). This sort of example clearly speaks of a man who feels
that women should remain in their social place which is considerably less then men in many ways. Social Perspectives In another example that helps understand the social position
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