Oroonoko: Heroism

Part I of Essay
In Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko the author bestows on the protagonist, Oroonoko, many qualities of heroism and nobility. It might seem that some of these qualities are overly embellished and not realistic. Others might argue that this description is deserved. Aphra Behn seems to ....

Part II of Essay
.... Greatness of Courage and Mind, a Judgement more solid, a Wit more quick…”(pg. 7). Again, it is seen how Mrs. Behn constructs the hero 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 ....