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What Is Benito Cerreno Evil
Melville's text Benito Cereno reflects the Dark Romanticism theme of the nature of evil. The evil in the story deals with slavery. In Benito Cereno, captain Delano is unaware about what's going on aboard San Dominick. Once aboard, he finds out that the ship has suffered due to a storm and offers to help them out by providing supplies. There are many signs revealing that something suspicious is going on, but Delano chose to ignore it.One example is the strange behavior of Don Cereno and the Blacks He is blinded to face reality that San Dominick is a slave ship and the blacks are not just people but slaves. He also fails to realize a slave revolt has occurred which explains why the majority of the white people have been killed. These slaves have
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