![]() ![]() ![]() Though Lakunle insists that he loves Sidi and that kissing is something normal for modern couples, Sidi replies that kissing is only a way to avoid paying the bride price. He grabs Sidi and tells her how wonderful their modern marriage will be. Lakunle sees this as barbaric and refuses. Sidi reminds him that she would marry him any day if he would agree to pay the bride price. Lakunle refuses to give Sidi her pail of water back until she agrees to marry him and he offers a number of flowery lines that describe his intense love for her. He says that soon the village will have machines to do all the hard work and he describes the beauty of Lagos, which is an entirely modern city. Sidi grows angry as Lakunle tells her that women are less intelligent than men because of their small brains. He berates her for carrying loads on her head and not dressing modestly, and she retaliates by reminding Lakunle that the village calls him a madman. ![]() Lakunle, the western-educated schoolteacher, sees her, runs from his classroom, and takes Sidi’s pail. The play begins as Sidi, the village belle of Ilujinle, enters the square with a pail of water balanced on her head. ![]()
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