THE HEART OF DARKNESS

The Heart of Darkness

The Heart of Darkness

Introduction

The novella Heart of Darkness also have many factors of enlightenment, which can be, seen in the words of Marlow, however, at certain points he also defend the inhuman treatment as part of trade, but from the heart, he believes that this all is wrong. Kurtz, on the other hand, also had fear of losing his power and that is why Kurtz does not support enlightenment, which stress on believing every human equal. The picture, however, to some extent shows enlightenment in which a blindfolded woman is carrying a torch leading the way. The story reveals that humans are never being considering as human in the past; and besides England projects its image as the pioneer of enlightenment; but have never supported these words through actions. Not only in western society enlightenment concept has been denied but it is the nature of human, as Conrad in this novella argue that there is a devil inside every human which would come out when human enjoy powers (Conrad, 1988).

Heart of Darkness is mainly being considering as an anti-colonial text in the sense that Conrad indicates the hypocrisy of the ideals of the European 'civilizing' mission; and casts question as to the validity of the ideals in the first location (Conrad, 1988). Marlow even states at one issue about an assembly of Africans rowing a vessel off 'their' seashore that they were desire of no 'excuse' to be there, as are against to himself and the other Europeans. Nonetheless, anti-colonialism does not necessarily equate to a nonattendance of racism. In assessing how far Heart of Darkness carries Achebe's outlook, this contention will summarize mind set in the direction of race at the turn of the nineteenth 100 years; analyze the Marlow-Conrad distinction and Conrad's linguistic remedy of Africa and its inhabitants, drawing on the work of Achebe, Hawkins, Wallace and others (Conrad, 1994).

In Conrad's time racism was vitally the norm, “the phrase did not exist”. Negroes were accepted to have feeble or missing lesson sentiments, displaying the common man in his absolutely untamed and untamed state'. Social Darwinists like Wallace sensed that Anglo-Saxons should exterminate the 'lower' races, as, it was inescapable and would in detail be the decent thing to do. This mind-set is exemplified by Kurtz's scribbled addendum “Exterminate all the brutes!” to his report, a saying that Marlow consigns to his ...