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This 3 page paper examples the ways in which Conrad speaks against Imperialism in his work, Heart of Darkness. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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He begins to speak with a group of the passengers who are struck by his odd perspective. He tells them that in all his travels, he reckons London and most
of Europe to be the darkest places on the face of the Earth. In order to expound upon his statements, he begins to tell of his trip to Africa and
into The Heart of Darkness. It is through this tale that Conrad examples the horrors and costs of Imperialism. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it
away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much (Marlow, 1990, pg 69).
Throughout there are continual overtones that point at the horror of racism and colonization. What is particularly interesting is how Conrad compares the Thames to the Congo River and mentions
their common primal source. This is a direct reference, it can be said, to the fact that he has seen the black man and has realized their common source. Throughout
most of the novel, the black man is depicted as being animalistic and even barbarous, until it might be said, Marlow visits Kurtz in the village. Marlow, then, seems to
suspend his judgment. Ironically, what Kurtz has discovered horrifies Marlow and it seems to haunt him. He went in search of himself and he was given an image that
he was not certain he liked. He, then, was given a choice to make and realized that mankind is a mixture of good and evil and that in essence one
cannot survive without the other. Under certain circumstances, the dark side can take over, he seems to be saying and it seems that this is the truth that haunts Marlow.
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