"The Royal Slave"

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the plot of Behn's book. It analyzes the main character, Oroonoko. It explores the character's journey from royalty to slavery. The author of the paper also expands on Imoinda, Oroonoko's love interest.

From the Paper:

" The background of what happens next is that, since these are the days of African enslavement by the British and the Dutch (and because Oroonoko's own tribe is, itself, a slave trade supplier for the Europeans who bring their slave ships into port) Imoinda is herself one day sold into slavery. Imoinda is taken off to Suriname, then a fledgling British colony ("Suriname"). Surinam is "a country in northern South America, in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. The southern border is shared with Brazil and the northern border is the Atlantic coast" ("Suriname"). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Behn, Aphra. Oroonoko: or The Royal Slave. Joanna Lipking, (Ed.). New York: Norton, 1997. 13
• "Suriname." Wikipedia. Retrieved March 9, 2006, from: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname.html>.

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