ANTICIPATION

ANALYSIS
(ABEL106: Afro-Asian Literature)

Group II:

John Villanueva, Jr.

Aileen Mae Cayabyab

Harjie Cruz

Paul Andrew Soliven

Mary Joy Ignacio

Jasmin Joyce Celeste

Professor:

Ms. Christine Iez Aquino

ANTICIPATION
By: Mabel Dove Danquah

ANALYSIS:

I. Plot

Exposition
The Omanhene of Nkwabi, Akwasin, Nana Adaku II was celebrating his twentieth
anniversary of accession.

Complication / Rising Action

On the crowd of dancers, Nana threw a handful of cash but one dancer neglected him
so, he commanded his linguist to investigate the woman.

Climax
Effua came to the Omanhenes place for the bidding of the marriage dowry.

Falling Action
Nana talked casually with Effua, and appreciated the beauty of the woman.

Denouement / Resolution
Effua revealed the truth that Nana had paid a hundred pounds and married her two
years ago.

II. Characters

Nana Adaku II a powerful chief of Nkwabi, Akwasin yet, described as a philanderer for
having forty wives.

Effua one of the forty wives of Nana, portrayed a generous (for giving her mother a
hundred pounds), honest woman (for telling Nana the truth that theyre already married)
but, she is also practical like the other women in their country.

Linguist obedient and reliable linguist whom the Omanhene trust.

Other characters men and women of Akwasin.

III. Point of View

Third-Person Limited
The narrator is not part of the story. He is in third-person limited point of view because
he only given us the information about the situation happened in the story, and some
insight on a certain characters thoughts and feelings.

IV. Theme

Expect nothing, appreciate everything

The story is a realization for everyone that all the things we have can be vanished if we
dont appreciate them, and in the end regret wins. It wasnt stated in the story that Nana
regretted in the end, but we can say that he was, because he expected that Effua is not yet
married and he did so much effort to win her without knowing that he already paid and
married her two years ago.

V. Conflict
 Man vs. Himself
Nana was the victim of himself, due to his foolishness on getting the woman he already
have.
Man vs. Society
Because of the Akwasins culture (that a chief can marry many women), the wives of
Nana had been forgotten and left behind just for the woman he desires. In other case Nana
was taken advantage of by the women of Akwasin, in a sense that they dont mind Nanas
appearance, age, and how many wives he have wealth is important to them.

VI. Atmosphere / Mood

The atmosphere or mood of the story was idyllic (as describe in the story, the people of
Akwasin was having their blissful, loud, and bright celebration), serious and suspenseful
(Nana and Efffua talk casually and all of a sudden they got confused as Effua slowly revealed
the truth), and at the same time sympathetic (In Nanas case, we feel some sort of sympathy
because, despite of all his efforts he ended up nothing due to that he already did the same
thing two years ago to the woman he desires.

VII. Irony

Situational irony was applied in the story, wherein the situation is that Nana did a great
effort to make Effua as his wife without knowing that theyre already married a couple of
years ago.

VIII. Flashback

Effua reminded Nana their past that they were already married two years ago.

IX. Imagery

The way author described the setting and the people in the story makes one think that they
really have a rich culture on how they present celebrations that was described on a
barbaric splendor, loud, and cheerful. And also the way its people dress up with their native
attires which were vibrant and eye-catchy.

X. Critical Approaches

Formalism
The story was presented comprising with the literary elements and devices.

Historical Approach
The time where the story presented was obviously in the past and already part of the
history. The story is about the marriage customs done in this time, where the man can
marry a woman through its wealth. It was also said that a chief can marry many women as
long as he can support them.

Marxism
This approach could be applied in the story where there was a clash among the class
structure within the society. Effua representation of the lower class and the Omanhene
played the higher class who was prominent and wealthy man. The scene where Nana threw
a handful loose of cash on the crowd of dancers and, where Nana was captured by Effua and
offered a hundred pounds in exchange of herself.