Bondage of "Royalty" in Oroonoko

The other form of bondage that Oroonoko faces in the text is the concept of bondage of royalty. This is the concept that eventhough and especially that he is a famous Prince to his people, he is in fact not free because of this. He longs to be a common man without the responsibilities of being a Prince. He loves the privlleges of being royal, but he does not feel true freedom that other people his age feel. An example of this mental bondage can be found on page 2209 in the text. "He had spirit all rough and fierce, and could not be tamed to lazy rest; and though all endevours were used to exercise himself in such actions and sports and this world afforded, as running, wrestling, pitching the bar, hunting and fishing, chasing and killing tigers of a monsterous size, which this continent affords in abundance, and wonderful snakes, such as Alexander is reported to have encountered at the river of Amazons, and which Caesar took great delight to overcome, yet these were not actions large enough for his large soul, which was still panting after more renowned action." What these few lines are telling of Oroonoko's bondage to royalty is that while being a prince is nice, he can hunt tigers, and do many things that the common man cannot do, his heart was still missing something. Whatever it was he yearned for, it gave him a sense of being incomplete. This concept reminds me what it must be like to be a celebrity. Everyone wants to be a celebrity. That is everyone except the celebrity themselves. The may have endless money, fame, fortune, and great connections, but they are not free. Many celebrities would trade their spots with a common person for a day, a week, or even all together. This menatl constaint and bondage is what Oroonoko faces. The fact that Oroonoko was enslaved and his title of being royal was stripped from him. This may have in fact freed his mental bondage, but he was no longer free physically.