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The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff Study Guide

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by Alice Walker
About 16 pages (4,815 words)
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The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff Study Guide consists of approx. 16 pages of summaries and analysis on The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff by Alice Walker. Browse the literature study guide below:

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The narrator of this story is an unnamed apprentice to Tante Rosie, from whom she is learning the trade of rootworking. Rootworking is a type of black magic mixed with elements of spirituality and gods. Potions, curses, healings, and prayers are practices of rootworking. The apprentice tells the story of Hannah Kemhuff, an older woman, who has come to Tante Rosie seeking revenge on someone from her past who killed her spirit. (read more)
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