In Wole Soyinka's prescribed African drama *The Lion and the Jewel*, contrasting characters drive the central conflict between traditional Yoruba culture and Western modernization. Match each character on the left with their corresponding thematic function and dramatic role on the right.
- BarokaRepresents the cunning resilience of traditional patriarchal authority, strategically using a rumor of impotence to lure and seduce.
- LakunleEmbodies the superficial adoption of Western modernity, rejecting traditional customs such as the bride-price while lacking genuine cultural substance.
- SidiRepresents village beauty and pride whose inflated vanity from magazine publication makes her vulnerable to aristocratic trickery.
- SadikuFunctions as the lead wife and custodian of harem traditions who prematurely celebrates male defeat before inadvertently aiding in seduction.
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Baroka matches with the cunning representative of traditional patriarchal authority who uses feigned impotence to seduce; Lakunle matches with the superficial proponent of Western modernity who rejects bride-price; Sidi matches with the village beauty whose vanity leads to her downfall; Sadiku matches with the senior wife who inadvertently assists in Sidi's seduction.
Each character in *The Lion and the Jewel* represents a specific facet of the cultural clash in Ilujinle. Baroka embodies traditional shrewdness and authority; Lakunle represents superficial, comic Westernization; Sidi represents beauty blinded by sudden fame and vanity; Sadiku represents traditional female solidarity and polygamous household dynamics.
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Characterization and Thematic Conflict between Tradition and Modernity in Prescribed African Drama
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