<span>According to their customs, when Okonkwo beats his wife during the Week of Peace, he endangers the whole community by angering the earth goddess.
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The two statements that explain the use of literary techniques in the passage to create and idealized portrait of rural lifestyles are B and D. Option B talks about a contrast of the corruption of city life and the comfort of the country which is reflected in words that characterize the country such as fine wool and pure gold. Option D talks about expressions that describe positively the life in the country.
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Past a delicate stream, in an emerald green knoll lies the purported 'Noble Castle'.
Popular men and ladies from classical times wander this radiant place and lackadaisical chat about rationality. But then… this apparently lovely garden lies amidst Limbo, a kind of waiting room to hell.