means that slaves are bought and sold as objects Their sole purpose is to entertain their owners A Symbol of Power The name Caesar was the name of the great Roman emperor Julius Caesar The white men give him this name because they see Oroonoko s noble and royal nature They also see that he is brave honest and has leadership qualities Even though they try to reduce him to a slave the name Caesar still reminds people of his royal spirit Irony and Hypocrisy The name Caesar is also ironic In history Caesar was a ruler but here Oroonoko is made a slave with the same name It shows the hypocrisy of the white men They call him by a great name but treat him with cruelty In short the slave name Caesar is significant because it shows the loss of Oroonoko s identity This slave name also gives us an idea of the cruelty slavery system We understand that slavery is dehumanizing