European Superiority in Oroonoko Through Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, we can see the comparison between European and African cultures occurring in many places. In most of the images, Behn's attitudes can be seen behind the text which leans heavily towards portraying European characteristics as more socially admirable. The introduction of Oroonoko introduces us to a person so refined in every way that he is almost god-like. Every feature of this great warrior prince is shown in detail as beautiful as one could hope to see. The narrator says, “…he was worshiped as the wonder of all that world and a treasure of the soldiers.” (1869) She is even said to have "...a native beauty which so transcended all of her somber race as to excite awe and reverence even in those who knew not her quality;..." (1870) Clearly, this is the description of a person destined for greatness. Oroonoko, during her adventures, lives precisely by these characteristics. After Oroonoko is sold into slavery, for example, he becomes the narrator's friend and overseer in the New World....