... . . .All I ask, is the privilege for my masculine part, the poet in me- (Goreau 5). And so the stage is set for Aphra Behn, an independent, free-thinking women, to write in contradictions about an African prince in slavery. Oroonoko: or The Royal Slave is the story of an African prince taken into slavery. It is a love story about the prince and a beautiful ... . Morally she must know it is wrong, but financially she, as a realist, must recognize its importance. This is illustrated when she and Mr. Treffey lead Oroonoko on with a lie that promises his and his family's freedom (Behn 2209). ...

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