This research presents additional information to the already existing research findings on the proverb use in drama. A lot of works have been done on the play texts under study but none of the studies within our reach at the time of this research has focused mainly on the proverbial elements as used by the author under review. However, our research findings will be with particular reference to the use of proverbs and its significance in drama with emphasis on Eregare’s Egbase and Idada’s Oduduwa: King Of Edos. The findings that will be provided at the end of this research will be of great benefit to future researchers in the field of literature in general.
Before exploring the scholarly review of proverbs use in texts, it is pertinent we have a detailed understanding of the concept “proverb”. Indeed many of the definitions of proverbs take care of one aspect of the concept or the other. Proverbs are not learned nor premeditated as such; they come naturally with age, especially to the African.
CHAPTER
THREE
ANALYSIS OF PROVERBS IN EGBASEBefore discussing the proverbs in the play, it is pertinent to do an overview of the play “Egbase”. Egbase is choreo-musical drama based on Esan levitate system. The Esan people are found in the North Eastern part of Edo State, Nigeria. A striking feature of the Esan people is the tradition of marrying a late father or brother’s wife. While this trend is culturally approved in this culture are, it is the playwrights that this right is no longer healthy in the height of the recent development and advancement associated with his epoch.
Parable
This is a simple story from ordinary human (not animal) life, intended to
imply some deep moral or spiritual Truth. In Egbase, some few parables were proverbially used as follows:
I.
I
am a fresh soup that has been soiled by dirty fingers, now I am sour, I smell,
I pollute the house, but it is here I am spoilt, it is here I must stay (29).
II.
A
black cat is black cat both in darkness and in light. (30).
This is a popular African proverb which means that one will
always have capacity to do what he use to do no matter the circumstance and
condition. No matter how you tried to customize or manipulate a man, he or she
will still have to do what he has in mind.
III.
It
is only a stupid girl that will spread her legs for an ungrateful man twice
(30).
This implies that you don’t make one mistake twice. The
character uses these proverbs to connote her foolishness if only she agree to
go to her parent’s house.
IV.
No
matter how smart the rabbit is, it is blinded by light (31). This parable is
simply to say that no one can claim to totally outsmart others, even the
smartest can be outsmarted.
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