Literature Question #01:"The
Characters in drama are the people we live with". Choose two
characters one from each play and validate this notion by depicting how
these characters reflect real life situations.
INITIAL RESPONSE
As an example, this
question requires students to choose one character like Baroka from The Lion
and the Jewel and another character like Remi from Black Hermit.
After introducing
the question and elaborating the need of the question, the students have to begin
with the play of their choice by exploring and discussing the actions of the
particular character and relating them to the real life situations. In this
way, the students are going to show how these characters portray real life
situations and how they are like the people we live with in our own societies.
Example:
In the play The
Lion and the Jewel, the playwright has portrayed character Baroka as a kind
of s person we live with as he exposes his personalities as follows:
First, womanization. Baroka is a womaniser who always wants to use women
as part of his entertainment. By doing this, he humiliates and oppresses women.
Even in our contemporary societies there are people like Baroka who keep on
chasing women although they are married. These people risk their lives because
they increase the chances of contracting HIV/AIDS.
Second, Selfishness. The playwright has portrayed Baroka as a selfish
man who wants everything for himself. He is greedy. Despite the fact that he
has wife and other concubines, he still wants to have Sidi for his own. In today’s
world, the people of this character are so many. The greedy people always want
things for themselves.
Third, irresponsibility.
Fourth, Betrayal.
Lastly, Modernity.
In the play Black
Hermit, the playwright has portrayed Remi as the type of the character who is
like the people we live with as follows:
African traditions.
Irresponsibility.
Modernity.
Superstition.
Religious beliefs.
Hence, the
characters created by the author reflect the actions and the behaviours of the
real people we live with. The writers create characters' personalities with a
purpose. This author's purpose is what makes the characters live and reflective
of the people in the contemporary society like Tanzania.
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your own response so as to improve the question. The response given above is
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