The Swamp Dwellers: Tragic Flaw Of Igwezu

Part I of Essay
The play, “The Swamp Dwellers”, written by Wole Soyinke, highlighted the story of an African man caught between two opposing worlds. On one hand, Igwezu grew in a culture that had a set way of doing things. Yet on the other hand, there were more opportunities to be held ....

Part II of Essay
.... harvest to the Kadiye so he could appease the serpent. “Igwezu: And ever since I began to till the soil, did I not give the soil his due? Did I not bring the first oil upon the altar?” No one questioned where the goods went, because it was almost blasphemous to do so. “Makuri: I must go after him [Kadiye] or he’ll stir up the village against us. This is you home, Igwezu, and I would not drive you from it for the entire world. But it might be best for you if you went back to the city until this is forgotten.” Yet, Igwezu had the courage ....