Oroonoko – Massacre of the Human SpiritAphra Behn presents her characters in Oroonoko as beautiful people possessing pure and innocent love. Behn does this in order to make his readers feel and question. His poetic description of their emotions magnifies the horror of the final scene. Behn's romantic love story ends tragically in brutality and death. Why did she choose such an ending? His decision to let Oroonoko take the life of his wife and unborn child leaves his audience wondering. Was it that they had love? If not, what was it? What had killed their innocence? The story of Oroonoko and Imoinda began with her approach and ended with the stabbing. Oroonoko both began and ended the story that was “theirs”. Therefore, when analyzing their relationship, it is very important to examine Oroonoko's behavior. Oroonoko was the one who determined the path their story would take. What made him end “their” story so abruptly? What made him act so uncontrollably? The truth is his heart couldn't bear to lose her again. He couldn't risk not finding her. He was afraid because he realized he couldn't protect her. Even Oroonoko, strong and powerful, could not save her and her unborn child from slavery. Her hope and innocence were killed by fear. He finally encountered a force that could beat him. Throughout the story, Oroonoko shows her power and control. To once again prove his courage, Oroonoko goes hunting to kill a tiger that was too fierce and powerful for others to conquer. When Oroonoko meets the tiger, she devours her new prey. As Oroonoko approaches, the tiger looks at him with a "very fierce rag...... middle of paper ... paradise. It's a beautiful image. The way they chose to leave this world is Does it really matter? The truth is that it does The story of Oroonoko by Aphra Behn is not only a tragic love story, it is also a story about slavery and how. which it can kill a person. The relationship between Oroonoko and Imoinda is described as pure and innocent” completes the point that Behn was trying to make about slavery can kill hope, purity and innocence. . Slavery not only kills the human spirit, it massacres it The student may wish to begin the article with the following quote: “And. these two people represented for me an absolute idea of ​​the first state of life. innocence, before man knew how to sin” (p. 10) Works Cited: Behn, Aphra. “Oroonoko. » The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed AH Abrams New York. 2000.