Abstract This paper introduces and discusses the book "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad. ... Women in "Heart of Darkness" play an important and distinctive role in the tale. They represent civilization (and the lack of it) far away in the jungles of Africa, where the "darkness" lies in wait for every man. ... She is also proud and "wild and gorgeous" (Conrad 135), which are adjectives Conrad never uses to portray the women back home. ... The fact that she appears so briefly in the novel shows how Conrad ultimately dismissed her, and by dismissing her, he dismisses all women everywhere....

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The novella "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad, takes place in the early 1900's and is about the European colonization in Africa. ... The Europeans are "draped " and  "blindfolded ", and are not able to see the darkness that lies. ... Though Kurtz has committed horrifying atrocities in Africa, the Intended, unaware of these instances, consistently refers to him as a "remarkable man " with a "generous mind, " a "noble heart, " and a "goodness [that] shone in every act " (128). ... Seeing this, Marlow lies to the Intended not only to escape the darkness that enveloped Kurtz but also to ...

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Although Heart of Darkness and The Awakening were written before the Women's Liberation truly started in they 1920s, they give a glimpse of how women were viewed, and of how some chose to raise opposition to this view. In Joseph Conrad's book, Heart of Darkness, women are viewed as inferior to men, both physically and mentally. ... Conrad, being the true narrator in the story, uses all this to set for the idea of women being delusional of the nature of the world, and in order to keep a balance they must stay unknowing of truth. ... Conrad and Chopin's books offer very dif...

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Joseph Conrad accurately depicts this aspect of colonial history in the novel Heart of Darkness. ... "Often far away there I thought of these two, guarding the door of Darkness (25)." ... The conquerors must pass through the guards, living in their formulated fragile world, to reach the darkness. ... Broken hearted, she reaches out for the steamer with the false hope that he will return. ... Fortunately, women no longer live in the sheltered manner that the women in Heart of Darkness suffered. ...

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• Grade Level: High School