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I am very interested in how the trial is public to everyone in clan and they gather together to solve the problem of a particular person. Their belief in spiritual things such as their ancestral spirits is very strong and they really rely on it.
The belief of the clan as well as how the trial process goes are developed in this chapter. We get to know a detailed description of the trial held by the village.
Alliteration: "gome, gome, gome, gome" (pg. 88)
Simile: " the charred teeth that were as big as a mans fingers" (pg. 90)
Hyperbole: "A steady cloud of smoke rose from his head" (Pg. 92)
Evil Forest- one of the egwugwu
Uzowulu- the beastly husband in the trial
Mgbafo- the wife of Uzowulu
Odukwe- the eldest brother of Mgbafo
pandemonium- a wild uproar
esoteric- known or understood by a few
guttural- harsh; throaty
approbation- approval
Everyone gather to the village commons for the village's public trial to administer justice. The elders sit on their stool while the other man crowd behind them, women stand around the edges. Nine ancestral spirits, known as egwugwu, appear from a secret house into which no woman is allowed to come in. The egwugwu wear masks and the second one walks just like Okonkwo. His wives notice it and also do not see him among the elders but say nothing. The first trial involves an estranged husband and wife. The husband named Uzowulu claims that his in-laws took his wife Mgbafo but did not return her bride-price according to the clan's rule. The brothers then state that they took their sister to rescue her from her beastly husband. The egwugwu finally decide in favor of Mgbafo.
What is the role of the Evil Forest and other spirits of the clan? How do the people react to the spirits and how does their belief affect their daily life?