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In Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness, colonialism is thoroughly explored as it is able to
link in with the human interactions alongside the nature in the story
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He is a sympathetic character who romanticises
the “old river” and the “tranquil dignity of a waterway”
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As Kurtz passes away on board the steamer, he reminisces about his existence and how
he “presented himself as a voice”
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Kurtz as her “low voice” was present with
“desolation and “sorrow”
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He also uses gentle and romantic words to highlight the surrounding
nature and the brooding force of the Eurocentric minds that come to destroy it
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He acknowledges it as a place where Sir Francis
Drake and Sir John Franklin had conquered it, along with the abandoned ships of the Erebus and
Terror
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This key moment in the text is important as it shows readers the desire to colonise from the
standpoint of an important yet stable character
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The sea, a part of Nature, poses as an important
secondary character in the novella
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From the standpoint of a European imperialist, conquering the
sea is admired and its “crowded” memories too
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Furthermore, it is hinted amongst the novella that Marlow is blind to his own racism
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Conrad questions the suddenness of death and often changes his reaction based on
race
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The Helmsman’s death is described for a shorter period of time and discusses more so the state of
his corpse as it transitions into a “vacant glassiness” rather than the “gifted creature” Kurtz was
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This suggests that
Conrad gave more sympathy for defined and civilised men, as opposed to being a back male with
the ability to steer a steam boat
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