things fall apart Flashcards
1
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harbinger
A
person who announces the arrival of someone else
2
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emissary
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someone who is sent on a special mission
3
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kindred
A
one’s family and relations
4
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feign
A
pretend to be affected by
5
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copiously
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a large amount
6
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foreshadowing
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be a warning or indication of a future event
7
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symbolism
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the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense
8
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irony
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an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects
9
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archetypal themes
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exile
10
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my father, they have killed me
A
- ikemefuna to okonkwo
- ikemefuna thinks they are going to his homeland , but they’re not, he’s getting killef
- okonkwo cares about his masculinity and how others perceive him- no weakness
- misses the good things in life
11
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a man belongs to his fatherland [..] mother is supreme
A
- uchendu to okonkwo
- mother has all the power
- your already accepted in your mothersland, in your fathersland you have to earn acceptance
12
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let the kite perch
A
- okonkwo to nwakible
- proverb about equality
- okonkwo is trying to get yam seeds from his father’s legacy
