CRITICISM OF MARRIAGE. SATIRE IN "THE TRULY MARRIED WOMAN" N. ABIOSEH.
CRITICISM OF MARRIAGE. 'A Silent Song' Nicol satarizes how Ajayi and Ayoo practice selective obedience to Christian principles. Ayo decides that it was not right for a mother of three to wear white during her wedding. This makes the reader wonder if children make parents impure and how mere symbolic colours are more important than actual true dedication to a christian way of life. To make it worse, Ayo turns down Ajayi's sexual advances claiming that he should wait until after the marriage; because it was not right. This is ubsurd because they have lived together for twelve years and been intimate. Abioseh wonders why people get married for ubsurd reasons. The visit by the missionaries and Ayo's protest about the beating of their ten-year old boy for wetting his sleeping mat, made Ayo very thoughtful. He had earlier on been surprised that Ayo had been attending women's meetings. Even though she had been quiet, he was proud of her for talking of mode...