- Fair for Its Day: The story does not condemn the entire institution of slavery. Oroonoko being enslaved is only portrayed in a negative light because he is royalty. Furthermore while parts of Western culture are shown to be corrupt in the tale, non-European cultures are compared negatively compared to the West (see Oroonoko and Imoinda's positive qualities mainly conforming to white English society, not their blackness).
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