![]() ![]() One of the most striking aspects of the literature of the 1680s is its engagement with the issues generated by these events. These were years of great political upheaval, covering the Exclusion Crisis, the formation of the first recognizable political parties, the arrival of William of Orange at Torbay in November 1688, and the ‘Glorious Revolution’. Most of Behn’s political writing was written in the last decade of her life, in the years between 1678-89. Behn used her writing to attack the Whig opposition by stressing its commitment to radical religion and emphasizing its links with republicanism (Williams &O’Connor). ![]() It is worth noting that Aphra Behn was a Tory, and she was opposed to the Exclusion-Bill that was favored by the Whigs. Behn’s Oroonoko was a fictional work to wage political war in regard to both societal issues and slavery. ![]() Although the work presents itself in a way that leads the audience to believe that the narrator had a first-hand experience of the tale of the royal slave, it lacks the depth and accountability of traditional narratives that came before and after it. Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is one of the more famous pieces to come from the restoration period, and its popularity comes from the main character’s nobleness as a slave. ![]()
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