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Marriage is a Private Affair Questions and Answers
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In the short story "Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe, Nnaemeka and Okeke are two characters who have different perspectives on marriage and relationships.
Nnaemeka is a young man who has left his village to live in the city. He falls...
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Nene is a young schoolteacher living in Lagos, Nigeria. She is engaged and then married to Nnaemeka, eventually giving birth to two unnamed sons. Although she is Christian, Nene is not an Ibo like Nnaemeka, leading Nnaemeka's father to refuse to...
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Nene asks her fiancé Nnaemeka if he has written to tell his father about their engagement. Nnaemeka says he thinks it is better to wait to tell his father in person in six weeks, during his leave from work.
Nene is confused about why Nnaemeka...
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