How hero’s are important and how the hero beawolf applies to that importance.
How hero’s are important and how the hero beawolf applies to that importance.
Category: World literature
What is the main point that Behn is trying to make in the first two paragraphs of Oroonoko? What effect do these paragraphs have upon you as a reader? Do you think a reader in 1688 would experience the same effect when Oroonoko was published?
1. Why does Behn make it important that Oroonoko be able to speak English? 2. How would you describe the role of the narrator in Oroonoko ? At what point do we understand that the narrator is female? Does the gender of the narrator “matter” to how we read the work? If so, why and […]
Is it fair simply to say that slavery is different in Oroonoko’s kingdom than it is in the European culture? In fact, is it even reasonable to make that sort of distinction, or is it simply “making excuses”?
Is it fair simply to say that slavery is different in Oroonoko’s kingdom than it is in the European culture? In fact, is it even reasonable to make that sort of distinction, or is it simply “making excuses”? What does he seem to believe about concepts like freedom, liberty, and individual self-determination? Would it be […]
Is it fair simply to say that slavery is different in Oroonoko’s kingdom than it is in the European culture? In fact, is it even reasonable to make that sort of distinction, or is it simply “making excuses”? What does he seem to believe about concepts like freedom, liberty, and individual self-determination?
Is it fair simply to say that slavery is different in Oroonoko’s kingdom than it is in the European culture? In fact, is it even reasonable to make that sort of distinction, or is it simply “making excuses”? What does he seem to believe about concepts like freedom, liberty, and individual self-determination? Would it be […]