56) - Behn produced a story so original and so powerful that it started a procession of Oroonoko-like figures in stories, plays, poems, and popular news reports. Though writing in evident haste - 'I never rested my Pen a Moment for Thought' (iii, p. GradeSaver, 8 July 2006 Web.Oroonoko continues to strike new readers with its sheer historical surprise: The first English woman author to have had a full professional career, nearing the end of her life, set down an unexampled tale of a black African prince betrayed into slavery in a New World English colony. Next Section Glossary Previous Section Oroonoko Summary Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Diana, Casey. The lord governor of Surinam, who owns Perham plantation and never arrives to free Oroonoko. The Surinam slave who helps Oroonoko organize the slave revolt but ultimately betrays him. The overseer of Parham Plantation, he befriends Oroonoko and attempts to free him and return him to Africa. The African prince who is captured and enslaved by a British slave trader and brought to Surinam, where in time he leads a slave revolt and then dies. The senior wife of the king who helps Oroonoko meet his love Imoinda in the otan, the king's seraglio.
NarratorĪ young English woman, based on the author Aphra Behn, who visits Surinam and befriends Oroonoko. He mirrors the overseer Trefry, who similarly treats Oroonoko well. JamoanĪfrican warrior defeated by Oroonoko, whom he treats with great dignity and as a brother. She is sold into slavery after Oroonoko attempts to rescue her from his grandfather the king's otan. The name is an allusion to Julius Caesar, the Roman emperor who was murdered by his "friends." Imoinda The slave name given to Oroonoko by Trefry when he arrives in Surinam. The slave name given to Imoinda when she arrives in Surinam. The historical deputy-governor of Surinam who betrays Oroonoko by having him whipped and put to death.
BannisterĮlected by Byam to round up, whip, and finally kill Oroonoko to dissuade the other slaves from revolting. Oroonoko's true friend in Coramantien, who helps him enter the otan to visit Imoinda.
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