Heart of Darkness

             Is the lie that Marlow tell Kurtz's 'intended,' that is, his fiancé, a good thing or a bad? Does Marlow's lie help to preserve some light from the events he describes or does it merely perpetuate or even deepen their darkness.
             The book Heart of Darkness, written by Joseph Conrad exposes darkness, by exploring the negative side of imperialism. This was obtained by narrating Marlow's trip (Marlow is the main character who narrates the story) to the Congo River while it was in time of conflict because of the nature of imperialism, "The Heart of Darkness". He worked as a steamboat's captain for a Belgian ivory company. In his trip he encounters one of the company's agents, Mr. Kurtz, in the center of the dark jungle. Talents fulfilled Mr. Kurtz. He was a great speaker, a good painter, an awesome editor, and he even knew how to deal with money. Unfortunately Mr. Kurtz was mortally ill by the time of Marlow's visit. Marlow admired Mr. Kurt although he made atrocities in this time of darkness in the Congo River. His admiration mostly didn't have anything to do with Kurt's' perfect management of the art of rhetoric or any other talent, but he admired Kurt's' willingness he had to fight the darkness of his soul. An instant before Kurt's' death Kurt realized all the evil he had done; therefore, his last word in agony were, "The Horror, the Horror". As a last attempt to preserve some light in Kurt's memory, Marlow made a "White Lie" towards Mr. Kurt's fiancée, by changing Mr. Kurt's last words by that of Kurt's fiancée name. The lie toward Mr. Kurt's fiancé was good intended. It superficially preserved some light, but the final outcome only deepens the darkness.
             They lie towards Mr. Kurt's fiancé was told to keep her away from the dark truth. The women thought Kurt was a perfect person, by the probable reason of love blindness. In her talk with Marlow, she says, "of all his promises, and of all his greatness, of his generous mind, o...

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