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Literature-In-English Paper 3, May/June 2013  
Questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main
General Comments
Weakness/Remedies
Strength


Question 2

Comment on the superstitious beliefs and practices in the novel.


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Observation

 Religious beliefs and practices of the people of Brenhoma which are superstitious include:

  • Worship of deities to help solve their problems e.g. Tano for the fruit of the womb.
  • They believe the deities can intervene to settle disputes.
  • They believe that evil spirits inhabit treetops and wreak all sorts of havoc on them.
  • The lightening that strikes the Wawa tree is considered a bad omen.
  • They believe another world called asamando exists
  • The widows of the dead make sacrifices to part way with their husbands.
  • They pour libation for easy passage of corpse bearer.

 Few Candidates that attempted the question performed poorly

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