Oroonoko: Under the Microscope

Oroonoko: Under the Microscope. In the story Oroonoko, by Aphra Behn, many intense issues are portrayed. These issues include an ideal society, the notion of power over love, loyalty, slavery, and even heroism. When reading this story, one can draw many conclusions about these issues. What was the basic theme behind the story? Why did Behn portray these issues in such a way that made them so open for different interpretations? We will never know …

…ties everything together and she kept the audience interested. The story at first seems like a portrayal of a perfect world but that is soon destroyed by the characters in the story. Perhaps Behn is suggesting the human folly is greater than we realize. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Behn, Aphra. Oroonoko. New York: Bejamin Blom, 1967. Link, Frederick. Aphra Behn. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1968. Woodcock, George. The Incomparable Aphra. New York: T.V. Boardman and Co, 1948