Answer: All you have to do is choose a poem or a short story and a historical document to read. Then you simply have to analyse both of them and compare them to each other. I would recommend you to choose both of this to talk about the same this. Just look for som that were from around the same time.
In the story "Things Fall Apart", the Igbo ask how it is possible that the white man is able to call Igbo customs bad if he does not even know how to speak the Igbo language. There are some words in the Igbo language that can be easily understood by the context, for instance, the word "Ilo", in the text talks about an area where meetings are held, so this word is a place. In the story "Things Fall Apart", the Igbo ask how it is possible that the white man is able to call Igbo customs bad if he does not even know how to speak the Igbo language. There are some words in the Igbo language that can be easily understood by the context, for instance, the word "Ilo", in the text talks about an area where meetings are held, so this word is a place.
Answer:
Political events of the time
• The original audience
• Common beliefs of the period
Explanation:
The factors to be considered when using historical criticism to analyze a text includes;
• Political event of the period: This implies the structure of government of a particular place during a period of time such as monarchy, democratic and other system of government. It also involves the events that took place during the transfer of political power.
•The original audience: The original audience of the historical text refers to the people who are present during the period of time. Their mentality and culture should be taken into consideration.
• Common beliefs of the period: This takes into consideration the way of life of people during the period such as way of worship, dress, feed, take care of their health and treat other people. This is majorly the belief of what is right or wrong.
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