Aphra Behn speaks of Imoinda in a very positive manner. She even calls her Oroonoko's "Heroic Imoinda". Now, why would she do that? Maybe becaue at this point in the story she has a bow poisoned arrows, she stands up for what she wants. She doesn't do what is told, he takes her choice and shoots the governor. In this time women followed as told and had no choice in the matter, but Imoinda set an example, she goes against the grain therefore is "heroic". This is why I think that Aphra Behn is relating Slavery to Feminine sufferage. Maybe while trying to inform people about how slavery really is, she is throwing in the likenesses of women's treatment in life. Another point is her statement at the begining,
"But his misfortune was to fall in an obscure world, that afforded
olnly a female pen to celebrate his fame".
I think this sentence kind of pops out, like it's misplaced in the writing. It feels like she is purposely making you understand. I believe his "misfortune"is his being enslaved, his treatement that is similar to how women are treated, could only afford a "female pen" to write his story. Only a female since they are so parallel on treatment, they are somwhat equal in rights. So it is fit that she write the story of his life, since she understands how it is, unlike the white men that are over slaves and women.
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