Both Oroonoko and Pere Goriot feature a doomed man and a character who bears witness to his life and death. As we have explored in class, the relations between these two characters are compex. Aphra Behn and Eugene de Rastignac are more than just witnesses, though; they have lives of their own, they are actively involved in the fates of their lives, hearts, and minds.

For your midterm essay, you must write a five-page essay about compare -and-contrast essay about both pairs.