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A 3 page essay that discusses Conrad's classic novel in relation to European imperialism. In Joseph Conrad's deeply psychological novel Heart of Darkness, his narrator, who is known simply as Marlow, comes to Africa as a young man, presumably in search of fortune and opportunity, but the reader actually never meets this possibly idealistic, young Marlow, as the man who relates the narrative is doing on the deck of the Nellie, a "cruising yawl," which is anchored within "sea-reach of the Thames," waiting for the tide to turn (Conrad 65). In the story, this older, cynical and mentally damaged Marlow relates, Conrad explores the paradoxes of British imperialism in the late nineteenth century. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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never meets this possibly idealistic, young Marlow, as the man who relates the narrative is doing on the deck of the Nellie, a "cruising yawl," which is anchored within "sea-reach
of the Thames," waiting for the tide to turn (Conrad 65). In the story, this older, cynical and mentally damaged Marlow relates, Conrad explores the paradoxes of British imperialism in
the late nineteenth century. Marlow relates that soon after arriving in Africa, he realized he had "stepped into the gloomy circle of some Inferno" (Conrad 81). As this suggests,
Conrad uses Marlows thoughts and comments as a means inviting his readers to "contemplate the moral structure of the world created by European imperialism," which Marlow, and therefore, the reader
also, quickly learns is a "moral sham" (Bowers 91). The rationalization of European imperialism was "to bring technology, the rule of law, enlightened forms of government, and other fruits of
Western civilization to Africa" (Bowers 91). The true reasons for imperialism are related to power and the exploitation of Africas natural resources for European gain. Conrad writes, "It was
just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a grand scale, and men going at it blind," which Conrad makes clear means "...the taking away from those who have a different
complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves" (Bowers 91). Marlow is discouraged by other Europeans who work for the enigmatic "Company" from showing sympathy for the abused natives, not "because
those punished do not deserve it (i.e., Marlows sympathy) or because sympathy confounds his moral sense, but because it gets in the way of robbing Africa and making money" (Bowers
91). In other words, Conrad shows that the indifference that the characters show toward the suffering of fellow human beings is because "Good has been replaced by money," which Conrad
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