Literature: Shakespeare, Scruton, and Oroonoko

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1 ) explain why Oroonoko 's Death is so violent . What would Said say

And 'tis most evident and plain that simple Nature is the most harmless , inoffensive , and virtuous mistress (Behn and Metzger

The main reason behind Oroonoko 's violent death is set up a more dramatic effect in his passing and to bring out an emotive response from the reader that would not be present otherwise . The author has set the stage for this earlier in the story . She vilifies and

demonizes the colonists who are mentioned in the book . While Oroonoko and his people are seen as noble and trustworthy people , who are open to the Europeans The colonists themselves are greedy and distrustful individuals who will lie and cheat in to get their way . In fact the only honest individual among them is an individual by the name of Bannister who condemns the title character to death , merely serves to show their representation in their truest form . When the character does die however , not only have the Europeans betrayed him and lied to him once more keeping him and his wife in captivity . But he is also left with no option except to take his wife 's life by his own hands . He does not kill himself rather goes deeper and deeper into depression while sitting near his wife 's grave . The violent end that befalls him after that is meant to show that how the nobility and...