What was the purpose of the Egwugwu ceremony described in Chapter 10?

Summary: Chapter 10 The village holds a ceremonial gathering to administer justice. The clan’s ancestral spirits, which are known as egwugwu, emerge from a secret house into which no woman is allowed to step. The egwugwu take the form of masked men, and everyone suspects that Okonkwo is among them.

What do the Egwugwu represent?

The egwugwu are masked dancers that represent the nine ancestral spirits of Umuofia. These masked ancestral spirits are enigmatic in nature and comprise of nine revered village elders, who ceremonially gather to administer justice.

What was the purpose of the ceremony described in Chapter 10 things fall apart?

The ceremony turns out to be a trial between one group, consisting of a woman, Mgbafo, and her brothers, and another group made up of Mgbafo’s husband, Uzowulu, and his family. The men are more involved in the justice system, with the women only participating on the edges of the ceremony.

What did the Egwugwu do at the end of Chapter 22?

The next day, the egwugwu burn Enoch’s compound to the ground. They then gather in front of the church to confront Reverend Smith and his fellow Christians. They tell the Christians that they only wish to destroy the church in order to cleanse their village of Enoch’s horrible sin.

Why did Enoch kill an Egwugwu?

Enoch responds by pulling the spirit’s mask off, a serious offense to the clan because, according to Umuofian tradition, unmasking an egwugwu kills the ancestral spirit. The next day, the egwugwu from all the villages gather in the marketplace. They storm Enoch’s compound and destroy it with fire and machetes.

Who does Ezinma marry?

She grows up into a beauty like her mother, comes back to Umuofia after living in exile with her father, and gets married there. Ironically it’s Nwoye, the timid boy, who steps out and openly chooses a nontraditional life path, not Ezinma who seems to grow similar to her traditional father.

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