Symbols
A poultry food that represents fertility, a successful union, and purity
What is an egg?
"Listen my one and only daughter, what i have done is that I have organizes around you a most lively competition"
What is Ananse?
This character accepts gifts from multiple chiefs at the same time to benefit himself.
Greed
Who is the narrator?
This is the storyteller who guides the audience and comments on the story throughout the play.
Offerings from suitors and symbolized hidden rivalries amongst them.
What is the gifts from the chiefs?
"All right, George, the house will quieten down for you. I'll do whatever gives you pleasure."
Who is Christie?
This chief proves his devotion by insisting on continuing the marriage arrangements even after hearing that Anansewa has died.
Commitment
Who is Ananse in the play?
Ananse is Anansewa's father.
A fruit use to cleanse and blessings especially to rid hardships.
"Anansewa, you are now ready to marry.
Anansewa, you will give birth to thirty.
Anansewa, may your life be healthy."
Who is the girls?
This theme is shown when Ananse makes all the marriage decisions for his daughter.
Parental control
Who is chosen to marry Anansewa?
Chief-Who-Is-Chief is chosen.
This represents Ananse‘s cunning ways and how he entraps others into his schemes.
What is a web?
Who says this and to whom do they say this to?
"I'm saying I can't see why Kweku is doing this at all. If the time for doing something passes by, it has passed by."
Who is Aya to Ekuwa?
Ananse pretends his daughter is dead to test which chief truly loves her.
Trickery and Deception
Name each chief mentioned in The Marriage of Anasewa.
Chief of Sapaase, Togbe Klu IV of Akate, Chief of the Mines, and Chief-Who-Is-Chief.
A gift offered to the bride's family. It is a formal way of asking for hand in marriage. It symbolizes commitment and respect.
What is a Head Drink
"Oh Ananse. His ways are certainly complicated. It's very possible that these chiefs will be drawn right into his net; and for his affair to turn into a sheer profit for him..."
What is Storyteller?
Four chiefs compete by sending gifts because they want to marry Ananse’s daughter.
Marriage and Tradition
What did Ananse spend the money obtained from the four chiefs on?
New clothes, paying Anansewa's school fee, church offering, and renovating his house.