ABSTRACT
This research examines the concept of deceit and infidelity, the main purpose is to create happy homes by revealing the already known facts about these two concepts; "infidelity and deceit" and brings to our knowledge several hidden facts. It examines two plays; ‘’ Midnight Hotel and Fiddlers On A Midnight Lark’’ by Femi Osofisan, the plays satirizes the middle class and the political elite who lead morally decadent lives in a climate of a political rascality, the plays proffer solutions to the ills prevalent in our society. In a nutshell, the research methodology for this study is a literary method of research i.e it is qualitative content analysis. It concludes that couples could do away with infidelity when they work together to achieve their pursuits and deceit is also a concept that can be avoided.
Title page i
Declaration ii
Certification iii
Acknowledgement s iv
Dedication vi
Table of content vii
Abstract ix
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 3
1.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 4
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 4
1.5 METHODOLOGY 5
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 5
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS 5
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 THE CONCEPT OF INFIDELITY 6
2.2 THE CONCEPT OF DECEIT 9
2.3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 17
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 SYNOPSIS OF " MIDNIGHT HOTEL" 20
3.2 CHARACTERS IN "MIDNIGHT HOTEL" 23
3.3 DECEIT IN " MIDNIGHT HOTEL 26
3.4 INFIDELITY IN " MIDNIGHT HOTEL 30
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 SYNOPSIS OF " FIDDLERS ON A MIDNIGHT LARK" 35
4.2 CHARACTERS IN " " " 40
4.3 INFIDELITY IN " " " 44
54.4 DECEIT IN " " " 47
CHAPTER FIVE
5.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 53
5.2 CONCLUSIONS 54
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 55
WORKS CITED 56
