Narrative shift in Oroonoko

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…ly purpose that Behn has for using the third person narration technique is its necessity to provide the background to the story. This follows from the conclusion that the first person narration is superior in both its ability to portray action, and its ability to portray emotion. If it were possible for Behn to have been present as all the events described in Oroonoko, the entire story would have been written in the first person.