Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman

The death of Wole Soyinka and the king of the king in his play, the knight of death and the king, Wole Soyinka let us investigate all conflicts and conflicts except those involving culture. Of course, this seems to be the most obvious part of the drama, but ignoring the central confrontation in the drama will compromise the general understanding of death. All elements of the drama are placed at two extremes, and culture must be regarded as one of them. Suicide is no exception, it must be seen in the conflict that Soyinka gave us: in the UK and

In Wole Soyinka's "Death and King's Knight", the author leads you to this story with Nigerian culture, tradition, and family values. However, colonial intervention is a catalyst for this story to happen. If it was not due to the arrogance and ignorance of these outsiders this story may have taken place, but its purpose is completely different. Without the influence of Nigerian settlers, complex characters like Amusa, Olunde, Joseph would not happen. It is clear that exchanges with foreigners through them will shape their identity as human beings. Whether it is their religion, their goals and desires, or how the settlers themselves are watching their culture. With the influence of Christianity, foreigners can separate tribal members and women from their tribes, accept foreign religions and gods, and despise their beliefs like a servant.

King 's death and knight was played by Wole Soyinka based on the real events in Nigeria during British colonial rule: The Knight of Yoruba King was banned from ritual suicide by the colonial authorities. In addition to the British intervention, Soyinka also said that the Cavaliers have doubts about beliefs about suicide. It caused a problem that caused the community to balance. Soyinka wrote a play in Cambridge where he worked as a researcher at Churchill College during political asylum in Nigeria. He also explained what he thought was the greatest misunderstanding in writing the preface of the play and understanding it. In particular, he said that the drama should not be viewed as a "cultural confrontation". On the contrary, according to Soyinka's post Befo culture philosophy, the drama shows the need for interaction between African and European cultures.

Many people believe that the death god and the king of the king are the best in the play of Wole Soyinka. In Soonka, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986, the Swedish Academy paid special attention to death, the king of the king and the dance of the forest (1960), and he brought together the power of Yoluban and European culture to a unique poetry It proved that. . Death and king 's knight drama told the story of the king' s knight Elesin, which is expected to commit suicide after the death of the king, but his mission distracted. The story is based on historical events. In 1946, a king knight named Eresin was forbidden to commit suicide by the British colonial state. Soyinka changed the historical facts and made Alesin's responsibility for failure a Alesin's shoulder so that he could concentrate on the subject of responsibility rather than colonialism.