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A 5 page paper which argues that the novel’s protagonist, Charlie Marlow, is not a racist. No additional sources are used.
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of Darkness. According to Achebe, the text is a blatant example of bigotry and he has charged Conrad with being a card-carrying racist. This would imply that Conrads
alter ego, protagonist skipper Charlie Marlow, is also a racist. However, Achebe is formulating his conclusions based upon contemporary sensibilities. In order to determine whether or not Charlie
Marlow is truly a racist, as Achebe alleges, the story must be examined from an historical context. When Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness, the colonialism long practiced by England,
which was civilizing native peoples, was still regarded as a noble concept. It began with the best of intentions, or practicing the primary precept of Christianity, "doing unto others."
Unfortunately, however, the inclination towards evil, in the forms of avarice and exploitation of the uncivilized tribal peoples, triumphed over the original desire to do good works.
The excesses of imperialism werent lost on Charlie Marlow. In fact, he used to sit on his yawl, the Nellie, and ponder the issue and its effects from a
philosophical perspective. He appears to be critical of imperialism but stops short of condemnation. Marlow definitely sees life and people in terms of black and white, but this
should not necessarily be construed as a racial connotation. He enjoyed the tranquility of the African jungle, but well aware that being so far removed from civilization, it was
filled with temptations that could affect all people, regardless of skin color. Conrads narrative observed of Marlow, "Land in a swamp, march through the woods, and in some inland
post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him - all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest, in the jungles, in the hearts
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