Drama and Peotry - Literature in English NECO free questions and answers, August 13 2021
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Drama and Poetry - Literature in English NECO free questions and answers
*NECO LITERATURE SOLUTIONS*
PLASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OK
ANSWER ONE(1) QUESTION FROM EACH SECTION
SECTION-I
(1)
Yoko is one of the thirty-seven wives of Chief Gbanya. She is his favorite wife. The chief does whatever Yoko tells him to do. This does not go well with Lamboi and Musa. They look for ways to kill the Chief and take over the reign of Mende Kingdom. Their opportunity comes when the Chief is flogged mercilessly in their presence by the Governor. He sustains injuries during the flogging. Lamboi and Musa mix a poisonous concoction using alligator gall. They give it to him. He drinks it. Before he dies, he hands over his Chiefdom to Yoko after she persuades him. This does not go well with Musa and Lamboi. They look for ways of removing her from the throne. Meanwhile, Yoko upon ascending the throne, sacrifices her womb as it is in line with the tradition. During her reign, she is able to conquer more territories and add them to her kingdom. She also maintains a cordial relationship with the Governor and act according to the dictates of the imperial representative. In a plot to dethrone her, Musa and Lamboi kidnap and kill Jeneba and lied to the people that it is Madam Yoko that use her for ritual. This allegation makes Queen Yoko to be subjected to humiliation and disgrace from her subjects. She finally goes to the poro bush and clears her name of the allegation. In a bid to avoid further embarrassment and disgrace, she asks her maid to prepare for her a poisonous concoction. She drinks it and takes her own life. She says it is better than facing further humiliation.
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No 2
Musa plays the character of the seer and the medicine man in Mende land. He has the full trust of Chief Gbanya who believes him to be a true messenger of the gods. Musa has some dirty secrets. Lamboi is aware of these secrets, so he uses it as an advantage to force the support of Musa in his plan to dethrone Chief Gbanya whom he feels is being manipulated by a woman in his style of leadership and in the area of decision making.
The duo of Musa and Lamboi finally get their chance to kill the king when he was flogged by the Governor for sending an army against him. Musa prepares a poisonous mixture using alligator gall and making the king believe that it was a normal her prepared to treat his injuries. The king innocently drinks it and dies.
Unlucky for Musa and his accomplice, the Chief hands over the Chiefdom to his beloved wife, Yoko before he dies. She then sacrifices her womb as it is the custom of the land for the throne. Musa and Lamboi then kidnap Jeneba, the daughter of Ndapi and Kill her. Musa then deceived the people into believing that the Oracle revealed to him that Yoko killed Jeneba and used her for ritual. This angered the people so much that they subject her to humiliation, disgrace and even dethroned her. As the story unfolds, her name is cleared while the main culprits are known. But the humiliation that Musa makes her to face traumatized her to the extent that she drinks poison and Kill herself in a bid to avoid further humiliation. Miss's caused the deaths deaths and misfortunes that happened in the play.
No3
Lakunle's role is to highlight the growing influence of Western culture on Africa, even in the remotest villages. An educated man who thinks that the tribal customs are outmoded and barbaric, Lakunle is determined to wean Sidi away from the old ways. Yet he fails, as Sidi chooses for her husband Baroka, the village chief, the epitome of everything Lakunle detests.
Lakunle's failure to woo Sidi stands as a reminder of just how far Nigeria must go if it is to be a thoroughly modern, Westernized country. But the suggestion here is that for Western ways to gain a foothold in Africa, they must at least be properly understood, and even then must only be introduced gradually before being incorporated into traditional practices. Lakunle doesn't understand any of this, which is ultimately why he is unsuccessful in gaining Sidi's hand in marriage.
Lakunle is an educated young man who returns to the village to teach school. He is Baroka's rival as a suitor to Sidi.
Lakunle represents the promises and pitfalls of independent Nigeria and embodies postcolonial identity. He is proud to be a modern man and calls attention to the negative features of traditional society. However, he seems eager to throw out the good with the bad. Advocating freedom for women, for example, he seems to Sidi to be bossy, unappreciative, and condescending. He rejects paying bride as an outmoded custom, but Sidi interprets his reluctance as disrespect for her value and an excuse meant to hide his inability to pay it. His education in the British system has diminished his ability to relate to his own people. Sidi rejects him in favor of Baroka.
Lakunle is the village schoolteacher and a proponent of Western civilization. He dresses like an Englishman and has a penchant for using “big words.” Wole Soyinka uses the protagonist, Lakunle, to criticize the native Nigerians, who are in a state of cognitive dissonance, as they cannot decide whether or not to embrace Western culture. Lakunle is representative of modernism, but his character and actions reveal how little he knows about Western modernization. Lakunle wears English clothing as opposed to native clothing. However, his English suit is deemed old-fashioned. In fact, it is described as “threadbare” and being “old-style,” which clearly shows how Lakunle is still stuck in the past, even though he tries to portray himself as a “civilized man.”
Further, Lakunle’s pursuit of Westernization is depicted in the fact that he does not want to pay Sidi’s bride-price. He uses a list of adjectives to express his hatred toward this African tradition:
A savage custom, barbaric, out-dated,Rejected, denounced, accursed,Excommunicated, archaic, degrading, Humiliating, unspeakable, redundant, Retrogressive, remarkable, unpalatable.
Lakunle is the village's school teacher who has an affinity for Western civilization and culture. He wishes to modernize Ilujinle and attempts to marry Sidi without paying the bride-price. He is Baroka's foil, and his character helps develop the theme of modernity versus traditional African culture. Lakunle is an outspoken conservative who speaks out against Yoruba culture. Although he claims to love Sidi, he is being insincere. At the end of the play, Lakunle's true intentions of not paying the bride-price are revealed. He simply wishes to avoid payment under the pretense that it is a savage custom. Eventually, Baroka wins Sidi's heart and ends up marrying her at the end of the play. Baroka's wisdom and cunning are no match for Lakunle, and the Bale's victory suggests that traditional African culture is stronger than Western ways of life.
(No 4)
Chief Baroka uses his wisdom, power, and cunning tactics to seduce Sidi into marrying him. Throughout his endeavors, he uses his wife Sadiku as the pawn in the game plan. Sidi, the "jewel," gets arrogant when she realizes that her face has been published in a foreign paper.
Baroka seduces Sidi by sending out the false rumor that he is impotent, so that she feels safe coming to his room. Once there, he shows his physical strength by flipping a younger man he was wrestling with. she finds out that he is not impotent when he rapes her.Though Lakunle says he will marry her, Sidi is seduced by Baroka's strength and virility and decides she will marry him.
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