Written in 1688, Oroonoko is a story of an African Prince who is wed to the woman of his dreams and then captured and sold into slavery. It is also the story of an aristocratic young woman who 'befriends' the savage. This 5 page paper argues that Behn represents all the major patterns of structural differentiation in colonial, or plantation, society, such as ethnic and cultural status, social class, ownership of property and land, economic wealth, employment, education and political power in her story. It then compares Behn's representation with the relationship between Ireland and Britain during the same time period. No additional sources are listed.
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