Vengeance by Ayo Olaosebikan The literary book Vengeance by Ayo Olaosebikan is a praise worthy attempt at a playwright.
Subject Matter Is or the ideas contained in a story or novel. There are usually specific ideas in a story. The subject matter is vengeance and perseverance.
Summary /Plot Plot is a sequential or complex arrangement or development of events in a novel. It is everything that happens in a story and why and how it happened. The plot usually unfolds all the action in a story through climax, anti-climax, simple or compound plot. Plot is a series of events; the plot of this novel is basically vengeance as the title implies. The summary as well as the plot is rather similar so therefore they will be discussed together. The text Vengeance by Ayo Olaosebikan is praise worthy, commendable and of course an approved play teaching moral, as well as, a play on the tragedy of students. It is a good example of a work that was the Nigerian tertiary institution as its physical setting. The rich use of proverbs and adages are clearly stated and obvious in the text. The proverbs convey and interpret the messages intended clearly and convincingly, the storyline and the plot is straightforward. Even though, the scenes build up cumulatively from Act one to Act five serves as a social satire. It was written to create the impression that ‘tough times never last, but tough people do’. It also teaches that it is good to be good, the play is didactic. So, the physical setting notwithstanding, the play suits all levels of learning. The story is about the ‘acada wizard Ibekwe who fortunately sponsored by his dear cousin Mr. Anderson, to have the education of his dreams in the Otutuechi University. During his stay in college, he was indeed a very studious and hardworking student, but then, he encountered obstacles. Little did he know that his almost perfect smooth life was coming to an abrupt end. First, his lecturer, Dr. Biatu,