In the novel Heart of Darkness Marlow and his journey prove as a guide in revealing the true intentions of European imperialism. As it becomes revealed along this journey that the men who work for the Company justify their treatment of the native Africans as a part of European imperialism. These men also mention that their treatment of the natives is a part of the idea of imperialism to “civilize” the “uncivilized”. During Kurtz’s entire stay in the Congo, he’s open about his actions/treatments towards the natives and his use of an “unsound method” to collect the largest amount of ivory possible. Later in the novel, Kurtz begins to describe his treatment of the natives as a form of “suppression” and “extermination”. Kurtz’s use of his “unsound
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Both the Congo and the Congo river, bring forth the darkness in the minds of the European colonizers as they begin to lose their moralities followed by their spiral towards insanity. The presence of the darkness has always been there buried in the depths of the human mind, but the idea of rules has oppressed/stifled this darkness that became know through the actions of imperialism brought about by a lack of rules and an easy justification of their actions. This abandonment of morality that we pay witness to throughout the novel, is most prevalent in Kurtz because he’s this man who wears multiple façades in order to please multiple people, when in reality Kurtz has never really known himself. Kurtz’s lack of knowing his real self, makes it significantly easier for him to abandon his morals and throw himself wholeheartedly into the idea of imperializing of the Congo, the Congo river, and the people live within it. The idea of imperialism brought many others with similar ideas as Kurtz which opened the doors for a free for all in Africa and leads to things like Kurtz’s”unsound method” and his overall treatment of the natives. This sudden lack of moralities functions as the seed to create and later justify/defend the use of master morality in Africa, as Nietzsche would view the idea of
Both the Congo and the Congo river, bring forth the darkness in the minds of the European colonizers as they begin to lose their moralities followed by their spiral towards insanity. The presence of the darkness has always been there buried in the depths of the human mind, but the idea of rules has oppressed/stifled this darkness that became know through the actions of imperialism brought about by a lack of rules and an easy justification of their actions. This abandonment of morality that we pay witness to throughout the novel, is most prevalent in Kurtz because he’s this man who wears multiple façades in order to please multiple people, when in reality Kurtz has never really known himself. Kurtz’s lack of knowing his real self, makes it significantly easier for him to abandon his morals and throw himself wholeheartedly into the idea of imperializing of the Congo, the Congo river, and the people live within it. The idea of imperialism brought many others with similar ideas as Kurtz which opened the doors for a free for all in Africa and leads to things like Kurtz’s”unsound method” and his overall treatment of the natives. This sudden lack of moralities functions as the seed to create and later justify/defend the use of master morality in Africa, as Nietzsche would view the idea of