Category: Death and the King’s Horseman
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Death and the King’s Horseman’: African Tradition and Culture in a Play
Death and the King’s Horseman’: African Tradition and Culture in a Play Death And The Kings Horseman by Wole Soyinka tells the story of the importance of tradition in African culture. The play follows the life of Elesin Oba, who had the career title of The Kings Horseman, and his obligation to follow an African…
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Death and The King’s Horseman’: Analysis of Life-based Play
Death and The King’s Horseman’: Analysis of Life-based Play The Death and the Kings Horseman play is based on a real incident that took place in Nigeria when it was under the British colonial rule, where a Horseman of a Yoruba King was prevented from committing ritual suicide by the colonial authorities. In growth to…
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Death and The King’s Horseman’: Elesin as an Aristotelian Tragic Hero
Death and The King’s Horseman’: Elesin as an Aristotelian Tragic Hero As in other plays, reflecting a specific culture, Death and the Kings Horseman has kept close to religious and traditional issues, but it has shaped culture into a great tragedy. Aristotle defines tragedy in his book poetics as: A tragedy is the imitation of…