CAS WR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Slave Rebellion, Coromantee, Miscarriage
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As caesar recovers, he begins to think about his next move. He realizes that he will never go back home to coramantien, and accepts that he will be killed for murdering byam. These thoughts do not trouble him, but what makes him truly sorrowful is thinking about what will happen to imoinda and his child. He imagines that imoinda will be raped by all the men and then killed. He resolves himself to commit a dire act a deed that first horrifies the (cid:374)arrator, (cid:271)ut (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h she later (cid:272)o(cid:373)es to thi(cid:374)k is (cid:862)(cid:271)ra(cid:448)e a(cid:374)d just. (cid:863) As fast as gossip spreads through the colony, truth travels just as fast. No doubt the women feel outraged at the turn of events, and may even feel some shame for abandoning their victimized friend. Caesar has lost hope in returning home or living happily with imoinda, and now only hopes to avenge his honor by killing his enemy.
