Why does Sidi regard it so important?

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What is bride price Why does Sidi regard it so important NU Or analyze Sidi s attitude towards bride price NU Bride Price is money or gifts the groom pays to the bride bride s family to marry her It is an important tradition in the village of Ilujinle where Soyinka s play The Lion and the Jewel is set nbsp Sidi does not want to marry Lakunle without the bride price because she thinks marrying without the bride price would make her cheap and worthless in the village The bride price is a matter of pride for women in the village Women are valued by paying the bride price Lakunle the schoolteacher does not like this tradition He believes the bride price is old-fashioned He loves Sidi but refuses to pay her bride price He calls it savage and thinks it treats women like property Lakunle thinks paying bride-price

for a wife is like buying a cow from the village market To pay the price would beTo buy a heifer off the market stall But Sidi disagrees She feels the bride price gives her respect and value Sidi refuses to marry Lakunle without her bride price She believes marrying without her bride price would make her a laughing object in the village She tells Lakunle Will you make meA laughing-stock Sidi also feels that Lakunle does not truly love her He calls her ignorant and illiterate goat and tries to change her He also forces kisses on her which she finds disgusting nbsp For these reasons Sidi refuses to marry Lakunle without a bride price She wants to be respected and she wants her marriage to follow the traditions of her village Sidi refuses Lakunle because the bride price is not just money for her it is about honor

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