Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Death and a Kings Horseman

Olunde committed suicide to help save the honor of his racebecause his father could not. Iyaloja: there lies the honor of your household and of our race. Because he could not bear to let honour fly out of doors, he stopped it with his life. The son has proved the fatjer Elesin, and there is nothing left in your mouth to gnash but infant gums (Scene5,P.667) Praise-Singer: Elesin, we placed the reins of the world in your hands yet watched it plunge over the edge of the bitter world from its course and crashed it beyond the edge of emptiness- you muttered, there is little that one man can do, you left us floundering on a blind future. Your heir has taken the burden on himself (Scene5, P667).

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