Aphra Behn (1640-1689): Behn is known as giving women a voice to be able to speak their minds. Her work has much to do with slavery along with Africa and the New World.
(225-246)
"Oroonoko"
(225-246)
- Caesar took Clemene as his wife.
- Explains Romans and their slaves.
- Caesar kills a tiger by piercing it in the heart with his sword.
- The narrator describes another time Caesar killed a tiger in the woods.
- Caesar tells the people that they had suffered like animals who enjoyed being beaten.
- He separated the men from the women and children.
- Caesar makes a speech to the men before they leave.
- Now arriving at the plantation they see an upset Caesar.
Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz (1648-1695): De La Cruz was a nun from New Spain and a very famous writer of her time. She is best known for standing up for women's intellectual rights.
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"Poem 145"
- I think this poem is describing how there is a lot to be seen from the object which she is describing because it represents all the conflict that had been going on over the years.
"Poem 164"
- Possible conversation between loved ones who had a disagreement on a matter and one just wants to see their spouse notice the love they still have for them no matter what.
"Philosophical satire"
- De La Cruz shows a bit of anger in this poem explaining that she is mad that men don't give enough apretaition or respect to woman as she explains they do for men.
Behn, Aphra. "Oroonoko; The Royal Slave." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 225-246
De La Cruz, Sor Juana Ines. "De La Cruz Poems." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 262-264
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