The Lowdown on Oroonoko

I found this story to be very different almost bordlerine Romeo and Juliet with the plot if you actually sit and think about it. The story start of with Oroonoko, who is the grandson of an African king, who falls in love with Imonioda, the daughter of that king's top genreal.
But guess what the king, Oroonoko grandaddy falls in love with the same girl! The king gives the sacared veil, basically making her his wife. She really didnt want to be there with the king and so she decided to choose Oroonoko. Bad Choice! because the king sold her as a slave and Oroonoko was tricked and captured by an English slave captain. Both Imroinda and Oroonoko are carried to Surinam. Surinam is a sugarcane colonoy that the English established in the West Indies. Well anyways the two lovers are reunited therem under new names Caesar and Clemene. But the trouble doesnt stop there, Imonida is so beautiful that she caught the attention of the governor Byam.
Well in the mean time, Oroonoko organizes a slave revolt. That didnt work out to his advanatage because even though Byam promised ammnesty when he was captured he was beat. So of course you know that Oroonoko wanted his revenge because his pride was hurt, he decided to kill Byam. So he decides to kill Byam and in the process he decided to kill Imoroinda as well because he doesnt want her to suffer any injustices, that might happen from his actions. Now, here is where it starts to sound Romeo and Juliet, she agrees that she will go thorugh with this plan. As you are well aware in Romeo and Juliet they did something similiar but it dealt with a misunderstanding and poison. Ok, so Oroonoko really doesnt really want to kill her, because of the love that he has for her, but when he stabs her to death she dies with a smile on her face. He is captured mourining over her body, they kept him from killing himself because they wanted him to get excuted publically. But the crazy thing about the ending is that that while being dismembered, Oroonoko calmly smokes a pipe and he doesnt even make a noise. That takes a lot of courage to stay that calm.
I found that novel is written in a mixture of first and third person. It has been said that narrotor is Aphra Benn herself becuase of how pesrsonailzed the experiences are, but who really knows! In the story the narrotor presents herself as a lady who came to Surinam, with her father, which nobody knows his name, and that they basically came to because her father was supposed to be the new deputy governor of the colony. But in the process of the trip traveling to the new colony the father dies and the narrotor and the family still settles there in Surinam.
There is so much going on with this story. The theme is centered around lust, sex, and slavery.