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Oroonoko Flashcards

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Clemene

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The slave name given to imoinda in Surinam

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Caesar

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Slave name given to oroonoko by trefry in Surinam. (Julius Caesar murdered by his friends)

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Imoinda

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African beauty oroonoko loves. Sold to slavery

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Narrator

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Young English woman (based on aphra behn) who visits Surinam and befriends oroonoko

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Onahal

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The senior wife of the king who helps oroonoko meet imoinda

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Oroonoko

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African prince who is captured and enslaved by a British slave trader and brought to Surinam where he dies became a general at age 17

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Aphra Behn

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1640-1689
1st female writer in England 
Started in theatre 
Well educated (could translate French) 
Wrote Troy 
Wrote many political propaganda 
Spy? 
Imprisoned twice (debtors prison and defending Charles II)
Died in forties (after William III became king)
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Novella

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Short novel

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Oroonoko is :

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One of Behns last works 
Most popular 
Hard to classify by genre 
Antislavery novel? 
Both women and blacks are represented 
Shows Eurocentric terms (roman nose)
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Plot background of oroonoko:

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Behn was a loyalist. Supported Stuart line (Charles and James) as heirs to eng throne. Charles I was beheaded in 1649 and started quarrel btw Tories and parliament that led to britians civil war

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Oroonoko represents James II

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Behn gives James II the name Caesar when she writes his ode. James was dark skinned

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Setting:

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Coramantien, Africa (Ghana) nation warlike brace

South American colony of Surinam in West Indies

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Why do slave traders do or getting slaves from this African nation

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Bc of their strength

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What genres could oroonoko be

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Romance
Novel
Travelogue

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Aboan

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Oroonokos true friend who helps him visit imoinda

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