Because of the setting and time period of the book, many things could be portrayed as racist to us now that wasn't necessarily evident back then. The fact that Zofloya is the "dark-skinned" servant working for white men. Also as the book goes on he is portrayed more and more as manipulative and seductive towards Victoria(white women). Also as they go deeper into the novel, he is associate more with evilness, and darkness. When Zofloya’s true identity is revealed to be Satan, it becomes even more evident that the darkness of his skin is meant to illustrate evil. Illustrating the idea of unintentional racism within the story.
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