A Dance of The Forests - Wole Soyinka - Points

 

             

 Important points:

Ø Aroni introduces the play

Ø Dead man Dead Woman enters

Ø Asks help form Adenebi, Obaneji, Demoke and Rola

 

Ø Discussion (1) about current scenario and why these characters are there – Rola (happy with the condition) – Demoke (Famous totem) – Adenebi (Wants some peace)

Ø Murete tells about Deads and mortals to Aroni – Aroni went to search for them – Ogun is also searching Demoke – Agboreko is also searching everybody - Eshuoro is also searching mortals

Ø Discussion (2) Aroni planned to find out the guilty one (Demoke – Rola – Adenebi) - Adenebi is afraid of the act of Aroni as he was also involved

Ø Discussion (3) Obaneji and Adenebi about the lorries and fire – Revelation of past ( Political hypocrisy)

Ø Discussion (4) Death – How would you like to die? (Past deeds – Life to death – Becoming a reason for other’s death)

Ø Discussion (5) – Revelation of identity) (Rola – Demoke – Adenebi is afraid)

Ø Agboreko and Old man talk about the plan of Aroni

Ø Eshuoro complains about Forest head and deeds of human - Demoke

Ø All spirits enter and discusses about the human

Ø Forest head took all in past

Ø The story moves eight centuries ago – Court of Mata Kharibu – the whole story of injustice – Madame’s behaviour and making dead man eunuch.

Ø Eshuoro and Oremole arguments about Oremole and Demoke – Eshuoro left

Ø All spirits give speech about the condition of forest

Ø Woman enter with half-child – symbol of incompleteness – Not alive nor dead

Ø Questioner(Eshuoro) enters and asks Dead woman why she died – tries to ask Dead man something but Aroni arrives and reveals that he is Eshuoro

Ø Eshuoro tries to kill Demoke and Ogun saves him

Ø Old man asks Demoke what he learned from this?