He is the ill-fated child destined to kill his father to marry his mother. Odewale is the tragic hero in The Gods are not to Blame. She also plays the role of a good hostess. She kills herself when she learns that her husband, Odewale, is her son all along.Īll through the play, Ojuola projects the image of a patient, reserved, obedient and dutiful wife. Cruel fate makes her bear four children for Odewale, her son cum husband. She is the mother of Odewale and Aderopo. Ojuola is King Adetusa’s wife and later inherited by Odewale. Judging from his confrontation with Odewale in the latter’s farm in Ede, King Adetusa is well versed in spells and incantations. The presence of his murderer in Kutuje would bring deaths and illnesses to the land twelve years after his death. He meets a tragic death in the hands of a son he doesn’t know exist. King Adetusa is the king of Kutuje before the ascension of Odewale to the same throne. He is the husband of Queen Ojuola and father of Odewale and Aderopo. The characters being focused on are King Adetusa, Queen Ojuola, King Odewale, Aderopo, Ogun Priest, Baba Fakunle, Abero, Alaka, and Gbonka. In this post, I shall briefly examine the characters in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame and the roles each character plays in the play.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |