Heart of Darkness
Is the lie that Marlow tell Kurtz's 'intended', that is, his fiance, 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 Ku
If nobody knows about this, nobody will comprehend this and if nobody comprehends it nobody will fight against it. Lying about Kurt's final words, which means lying about his life is no help in fighting against the real heart of darkness is. Darkness is also described as the unknown; therefore, represented as death. Heart of Darkness is a book that brings all the meanings of Darkness in the novel, by describing a place that had all the concepts of darkness. At the end of the book you realized that everywhere in the world is invaded by darkness, and that the only way to fight against the darkness is to know, and discovering what is underneath the hiding place. This states that actually no darkness was defeated. This cruel reality would only hurt her, keeping her few good memories of Kurt in an extreme darkness. As a last attempt to preserve some light in Kurt's memory, Marlow made a "White Lie" towards Mr. Marlow realized this in conversation he had with her. When Marlow said the "white" lie to Kurt's Fiance, he knew that this was no help.
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