Death And The Kings Horseman: Giving Up The Battle From the westerly perspective, it is hard to understand ritual self-destruction as anything confirming or helpful to the living. There almost seems to be no westbound equivalent to the "duty" of Elesin in Death and the Kings Horseman. However, Wole Soyinka gives us a comparable situation in Janes description of a captain blowing up a ship to save the pot on the shore. Its a moment of hypocrisy on Britains part, both trying to prevent Elesins suicide and lauding a Western suicide which purports to do the exact same thing - save the living from destruction.
Its also clear that Olunde sees this ridiculous parallel, but he does not make Jane see the connection. Instead, he lets the matter drop, which, in the Western perspective is puzzling. We want everyone to see the truth and explain it, and sound off worse of Olunde because of his inability to show Jane whats really going on. just now it is really his own unique viewpoint and actions t...
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