Human beings go across a number of flaws in their lives, and in these moments the raw instincts in their minds can overcome their senses making them commit some evil deeds. According to Conrad’s short novel about the imperialism of African during the ivory trade, the pressure of the hostile environment was a weakness to the protagonist and he had to overcome it so that he could preserve his identity that had a threat of being corrupted. The implication of the title “Heart of Darkness” has been developed by Conrad through implementing the use of literary devices to illustrate the character’s progression into a savage state of being through interactions with his environments during the passage into deeper and deeper to the unknown.
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When Marlow comes into contact with the accountant he ridicules his expensive and clean attire in the hostile environment but concludes that this preservation of custom displays a true “backbone”. The accountant enforces imperialist and patriarchal oppression upon the natives by forcing a native woman to do his laundry even though she shows “a distaste for the work”, but he does not care about other cultural values and norms which conflict his own (Conrad 34). His office is also acting as the infirmary putting him in the presence of a deathly ill native, and he complains that man’s dying cries affect the quality of this work. He is cruel to the Africans because to him they are disposable, not human beings. These actions illustrate a man devoid of compassion for the inferior race and Marlow is conflicted by his noble appearance and heartless attitude which proves that the darkness can invade any man no matter the class. The absence of social morality is further explored through Marlow’s interaction with the station manager. The man makes Marlowe uneasy and uncomfortable because of his desire to rise to power at the expense of those around him; he exclaims that “Mr. Kurtz [is] the best agent he [has], an exceptional man, of the greatest importance to the Company”, but he does not want …show more content…
The characters in the novel are able to endure the food and evil thus showing the coexistence of these values. The book represents the “absence of social morality, the desire to rise at everyone's expense” and the destruction of whole cultures achieved with the bloodshed of many. Africa is the heart of darkness for its untamed environment and supposedly “savage” people, but Conrad exposes the reality that in the wilderness the men become blind to their surroundings by proving that the most dutiful, Marlow, can lose his identity and be led to brutality by the darkness of the jungle; this gradually proves that darkness exists inside of all men good and bad. Everyone has the potential for evil inside of their hearts, but this urge is bound by underlying values and societal foundation, yet under the right circumstances this darkness is unleashed proving that it lies in a dormant state waiting to breach the
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When Marlow comes into contact with the accountant he ridicules his expensive and clean attire in the hostile environment but concludes that this preservation of custom displays a true “backbone”. The accountant enforces imperialist and patriarchal oppression upon the natives by forcing a native woman to do his laundry even though she shows “a distaste for the work”, but he does not care about other cultural values and norms which conflict his own (Conrad 34). His office is also acting as the infirmary putting him in the presence of a deathly ill native, and he complains that man’s dying cries affect the quality of this work. He is cruel to the Africans because to him they are disposable, not human beings. These actions illustrate a man devoid of compassion for the inferior race and Marlow is conflicted by his noble appearance and heartless attitude which proves that the darkness can invade any man no matter the class. The absence of social morality is further explored through Marlow’s interaction with the station manager. The man makes Marlowe uneasy and uncomfortable because of his desire to rise to power at the expense of those around him; he exclaims that “Mr. Kurtz [is] the best agent he [has], an exceptional man, of the greatest importance to the Company”, but he does not want …show more content…
The characters in the novel are able to endure the food and evil thus showing the coexistence of these values. The book represents the “absence of social morality, the desire to rise at everyone's expense” and the destruction of whole cultures achieved with the bloodshed of many. Africa is the heart of darkness for its untamed environment and supposedly “savage” people, but Conrad exposes the reality that in the wilderness the men become blind to their surroundings by proving that the most dutiful, Marlow, can lose his identity and be led to brutality by the darkness of the jungle; this gradually proves that darkness exists inside of all men good and bad. Everyone has the potential for evil inside of their hearts, but this urge is bound by underlying values and societal foundation, yet under the right circumstances this darkness is unleashed proving that it lies in a dormant state waiting to breach the