CAS WR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Miscarriage, Coromantee
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Caesar gets trefry to let him take a walk with imoinda, alone. They walk to a secluded forest, where caesar gazes at his wife longingly. Then, crying heavily, he tells her of his plan he is going to kill her to protect her from a disgraceful fate after he kills byam. Hearing this news, imoinda kneels before caesar and begs him not to leave her a prey to his enemies. Caesar embraces her and then pulls out his knife. While he cries, imoinda looks at him with joy because, as the narrator relates, she reveres. In their culture, when a man has any occasion to quit his wife, if he loves her, he kills her (if not, he sells her). Both caesar a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)oi(cid:374)da"s rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s to caesar"s pla(cid:374) are surprising. Caesar, who has usually been stoic and strong, reveals his emotional vulnerability in a way he never has before, despite the many tragedies of his life.
