The fictional character Beatrice in 'Anthills of the Savannah' is significant because she represents:
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Correct answer: A modern African woman who bridges intellectual achievement with moral and spiritual vision
Beatrice is one of Achebe's most fully realized female characters. Rooted in the traditional myth of Idemili yet embedded in modern intellectual life, she becomes the moral and spiritual anchor of the surviving community by the novel's end.
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