Oroonoko: Heroism

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with noble qualities.
The author also retells stories of Oroonoko’s heroism. She tells tales of him killing lions with bare hands, and of hunting and killing the lion which terrorized the community. She also portrays Oroonoko’s ending in the most noble of lights, in that all that he did was for love. “Perhaps (said he) she {Imoinda} may be first ravished by every Brute; expos’d first to their nasty Lusts and then a shameful Death” (pg. 71). She even portrays his selfish acts of attempting to seek revenge as noble, while others might interpret them as foolish. “…(however horrid it appeared to us all) when we heard his Reasons we thought it brave and just (pg. 71).
As in most cases the story teller has the ability to tell the story in what ever light he or she chooses. In Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko, the author sets out with an agenda. This agenda includes portraying a noble and heroic black prince who is entrapped and assaulted by the white, European, civilized ...

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