Plot Analysis of the Play: The Lion and The Jewel

INTRODUCTION In the drama "Lions and Jewelry" you can see the ignorant atmosphere of people in the village "ILUJINLE" in this village, you can see "CUNNING WOMAN SIDI" but he wants to attract many men However, I want a honorable noble position. Who would pay the bride's price and see it, so that you will notice "respond to Sidi's CUNNING hope". Lakunle Ilujinle's stupid village people call Lakunle the protagonist of the play, but he wants to change the villagers to "get rid of their ignorance and extreme lifestyle" so that the country school's It is owned.

Lion and jewelry (1963) is one of Soynca's earliest plays, one of the earliest plays in Africa. It is more humorous than death and the king of the king and depicts a cultural conflict through the story of conflict between the teacher and the village chief. When two people try to win the hands of a beautiful woman, they discuss traditional value and contemporary value. Ake: Childhood (1981) is Volume 2 of Soyinka's memoir. Selected by the New York Times as one of 12 best books in 1982, it explained the first decade of his life. Soyinka is a child's genius but he started school at the age of 3 and became a teacher at the age of ten, but his gentle self-critical humor made the book rather enjoyable rather than selfish .

In the 1960s he was a domestic and international celebrity with works of British and Nigerian drama "Swan President" and "Lions and Jewelry". Both play ensured the reputation as his most important playwright, received acclaim, and had a series of success. Since then, there have been many other plays. Ark's minstrel was quickly an outstanding playwright, poet, novelist, essayist, former thinker, human rights activist, politician, scholar, musician, actor, photographer and hunter. In a nutshell, Soyinka was a fully developed person and his life was very smooth. The enthusiasm that he can not control is merely attractive and full of charm.