They will say that I was no virgin / That I was forced to sell my shame / And marry you without a price.
-- Sidi (Morning)

Importance: Sidi explains to Lakunle what the consequences will be if she marries him without him paying the bride-price. When Sidi articulates the way she will be treated if she goes along with Lakunle’s wishes, but he continues to dismiss and criticize her perspective, it demonstrates that he is more interested in his own principles than he is in Sidi’s welfare.

To pay the price would be / To buy a heifer off the market stall. / You’d be my chattel, my mere property”
-- Lakunle (Morning)

Importance: Lakunle explains his opposition to the bride-price to Sidi. At the outset, it appears as if Lakunle’s reasons for wishing to avoid paying the bride-price are noble: he does not wish to treat a woman as if she was his property and wishes...