The
theme of Achebe's "Marriage is a Private Affair" is more or less summed up by the
title. It is a theme of unconditional love in marriage, and how it is the business of the two
parties involve to decide upon it. It teaches a moral lesson about how love is more important
than tradition and standard practice.
Nnaemeka, who is the son of a father
from the Ibo tribe, is very taken with a girl from another tribe named Nene, even though his own
tribe traditionally arranges marriages. Nnaemeka fights his father's scorn and disapproval and
decides to let love come before anything else, and he eventually builds a happy family with
Nene. At the end of the story, it is proven that Nnaemeka was right to trust his love above his
father's word, as his father realizes what a mistake he has made.
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