https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBIjpKCWdiY
In Oroonoko, written by Aphra Behn, a royal slave had been became the new general for his people. The conflict arises when he falls in love with the daughter of his foster father, Imoinda. While he asked his grandfather for approval, the grandfather is enraged and decides to send her the royal veil and wants to make her one of his concubines. Oroonoko and Imoinda remain separated but they both stay faithful to each other. In the end,
With the theme that being genuine comes along with heartbreaks, it can be seen that while Oroonoko sincerely falls in love with Imoinda, he wants nothing more than to be happy with her but he is forced to be separated from her, which breaks his heart.
While they were apart, Oroonoko reaches out to Aboan for help, and he makes it possible for the two lovers to spend a night together. When the king found out, he tells Oroonoko that he had executed Imoinda, but he had actually sell her into slavery. When Oroonoko heard about this, he gives up his will to live and abandons his troops. All of a sudden, the tables had turned and he leads his troops to victory. He eventually meets a slave owner, clemen and he was able to allow Oroonoko to be back with Imoinda.
With all the events that had happened, Oroonoko just wanted to be himself by finding happiness with Imoinda but that was forbidden due to social status. He goes through a heartbreak as they were separated and he lives thinking that she was dead. If he wasn’t so genuine and if society hadn’t demanded so much in aspects of wars, slaves, slave owners, and a king, nothing would of have stopped Oroonoko and Imoinda from being together, when the two of them are sincerely in love.