Heart of Darkness portrays Africa and its inhabitants as a dark world, the opposite of the "civilized" land of Europe. It is a place where savageness and the bestial side of human nature reign free. It was "a place of darkness". (p.71) The natives are often described as objects, more like they are part of the landscape rather than the human beings that they are.
This leads to argument over whether or not it was Joseph Conrad's intention to portray the African civilization as less-than-human, or if it is a consequence of the times and common views. One argument is that Conrad does not actually believe this himself, but is showing the reader what the main character, Marlow, feels. Conrad would then not be ho
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