Lion And The Jewel Summary
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The Lion and the Jewel is a play by Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka that was first performed in 1959 in Ibadan.[1] In 1966, it was staged in London at the Royal Court Theatre.[2] The play chronicles how Baroka, the lion, fights with the modern Lakunle over the right to marry Sidi, the titular Jewel.[3] Lakunle is portrayed as the civilized antithesis of Baroka and unilaterally attempts to modernize his community and change its social conventions for no reason other than the fact that he can. The transcript of the play was first published in 1962 by Oxford University Press. Soyinka emphasises the theme of the corrupted African culture through the play, as well as how the youth should embrace the original African culture. A review by Naijabanquet describes The Lion and the Jewel as \"a masterpiece that successfully combines the concept of literature as a tool both for socio-cultural activism and shining spotlight on aesthetics.\"
Sidi is at a road near the marketplace. Lakunle follows her, while carrying the firewood that Sidi asked him to help her get. She admires the pictures of her in the magazine. Then Sadiku appears wearing a shawl over her head. She informs her that the Lion (Baroka) wishes to take her as a wife. Lakunle is outraged, but Sidi stops him. Lakunle changes tactics, telling her as his lover to ignore the message. Sadiku took that as a yes, but Sidi dashed her hopes, saying that since her fame had spread to Lagos and the rest of the world, she deserves more than that. Sadiku presses on, dissembling that Baroka has sworn not to take any more wives after her and that she would be his favourite and would get many privileges, including being able to sleep in the palace rather than one of the outhouses. As Baroka's last wife, she would also be able to become the first, and thus head wife, of his successor, in the same way that Sadiku was Baroka's head wife. However, Sidi sees through her lies, and tells her that she knew that he just wanted fame \"as the one man who has possessed 'the jewel of Ilujinle'\". Sadiku is flabbergasted, she insults and attempt to hit Lakunle for what he has done to her.
The Lion and the Jewel Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis tohelp you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:Plot SummaryChaptersCharactersSymbols and SymbolismSettingsThemes and MotifsStyles This detailed literature summary also contains Quotes and a Free Quiz onThe Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka.The following version of this text was used to create this study guide: Soyinka, Wole, The Lion and the Jewel. Oxford University Press, 1962.
The lion in the play refers to Baroka. The lion is seen as the king of other animals in the jungle; it hunts other animals for its meals. Like a lion, Baroka occupies a position of authority as the village head, and he uses his power and influence to hunt for beautiful women and bring them in as wives.
Sidi represents the jewel in the play because of her stunning beauty. Her unparalleled beauty brings her to the limelight when a magazine publishes her photos to showcase her beauty. Thus, she becomes a centre of attraction.
This makes her think she is superior even to the village chief, whom she discovers is interested in her beauty as well. Her pride and overconfidence become the weakness that the old lion (Baroka) capitalizes on to hunt her down and deflower her.
An insomniac Tarzan leaves the camp at night and kills a deer (Bara). He drives away a man-eating lion, then saves a black witch-doctor from the same Numa. The witch-doctor remembers Tarzan when he was a boy -- a jungle god.
Werper discovers Tarzan knocked unconscious and that he is trapped inside the vault. He makes his way by candlelight down the tunnels and leaps over an open well. Werper comes to a wall and pulls the stones out to make a passage. His candle burns out, so he sleeps, but upon awakening goes on to the altar room where he is captured by the priests of the Flaming God. Just as he is about to be sacrificed by La, a lion comes into the room. La faints.
Werper prepares to stab Tarzan, but realizes that unless the first blow kills him instantly, a seriously wounded Tarzan could kill him easily. He hears padded footsteps nearby, so turns and flees into the jungle. Oblivious, Tarzan remains asleep as the lion surveys the scene. As it begins its charge, Tarzan awakes, springing to his feet, and spooked, the lion turns and returns to the jungle reeds. Noting Werper's disappearance, Tarzan does not care. From the trees he watches the activity of Basuli and the Waziri with no memories of them. His only memories are of Kala, Tublat, Terkoz, Kerchak, and Neeta. Tarzan finds food, engages in a growling match with a pride of lions at the edge of a river, and barely escapes the charge of Buto, the rhino.
Werper enters Jane Clayton's hut. The hut is empty. Werper observes poles laid against the palisade and realizes Lady Greystoke has escaped. He follows, hoping Jane will someday return his passion. Miles south, Jane Clayton is treed by a prowling lioness. Werper travels all night. He hears a horse approaching. Hiding, he sees a mounted Arab; meanwhile, a hunting lion attacks horse and rider. The Arab is killed. Werper mounts the frightened horse and flees. Tarzan, following Werper's scent, discovers a lion feasting on a human body. He kills the lion and searches for his bag of pretty pebbles. Deciding the bag must be in the Arab village, the ape-man returns there. Meanwhile, Mugambi proceeds east along the trail, searching for Jane. Mugambi is captured by a detachment of Abyssinian soldiers shortly after Werper is captured. Mugambi recognizes Tarzan's pouch around Werper's waist, and that it contains jewels. The next morning Werper discovers Mugambi has escaped. Werper feels for the bag. To his relief, he feels the bag and the stones it contains.
Mugambi, weak from deprivation, finds a river and game. He builds a thorn boma as protection. Chulk discovers Mugambi and wishes to steal his few belongings. While Mugambi sleeps, Chulk takes the pouch and knob-stick and flees. Mugambi finds manlike footprints in the trampled turf but is unable to find any other clues and is unable to pursue. As Taglat tries to remove the unconscious Jane Clayton's bindings, a lion springs. A terrific battle ensues but the cat's talons disembowel and kill the ape. Jane awakes to find the lion devouring the ape. She also discovers she is no longer bound. Slowly rolling toward the forest a few feet at a time, she nears a tree, reaching it before the lion charges. Jane starts in a southerly direction toward the Waziri and the site of her razed home. She hears rifle shots. Concealed in a tree, she sees M. Jules Frecoult backing down the trail with a rifle in his hand. She watches him shoot Achmet Zek, the leader of the ruffians who raided her home. As Achmet Zek falls Jane drops from the tree to congratulate Frecoult on his victory.
Jane awakes and greets the solitary horseman who comes, too late discovering it to be Abdul Mourak. He his shortly joined by others who bring her to the ground, and he decides to take her to Menelek, his emperor. In an uneasy, discouraged camp that night, sentries try to keep the horses calm from the many lions roaring without. One bold lion ventures too close, is wounded, and charges the horses. Emboldened by the first, a dozen more lions leap into camp, rending men and beasts. One irritated lion fixes his gaze on Jane. Meanwhile, Tarzan has worked one hand free from his bonds and answers a guttural sound from the darkness. The sentries freeze. A dozen apes enter camp and a sentry shouts. The apes pick up Tarzan and Werper and bear them off. A parting shot wounds Chulk, who carries Werper. When the apes stop Chulk collapses on Werper, and Werper discovers the pebble pouch, which he takes for himself. Chulk is dead. Even though it is night, Tarzan orders Werper to take him to where Jane had last been. Shortly they hear rifle shots and lion roars. Thinking Jane might be involved, Tarzan leaves Werper with instructions to stay put. Werper moves on.
As the lion prepares to spring, Tarzan leaps onto him. Jane cries aloud at seeing Tarzan alive. Tarzan brains the beast with a rifle butt. Tarzan and Jane embrace then take to the trees. Tarzan finds Werper gone and chooses to take Jane to safety rather than pursue him. On their way they find Achmet Zek's village burned by the Waziri. The next evening they catch up with the Waziri party and find Basuli and Mugambi. They celebrate long into the night. Months later, the homestead is rebuilt. They all go on a celebration hunt, whereon they discover Werper's bones and the jewels. 153554b96e