He wrote it following a six-month trip to Congo. ... In Heart of Darkness, the author presents Africa in a very distorted image. ... Darkness is a constant theme in Heart of Darkness; it refers to Africa, devoid of civilization and history, as a place of darkness. ... In Things Fall Apart, the colonialists come for commercial and religious purposes, while Heart of Darkness portrays the Europeans as commercialists who only have come for commercial purposes (ivory business and slave trade). ... On the contrary, nothing that refers to the African culture is mentioned in Heart of Darkness. ...

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The same idea of de-humanization of the Africans is present throughout Heart of Darkness as well, where the natives of the Congo are repeatedly called "savages." ... One can see the parallels between these ideas presented in the poem and those in Heart of Darkness. ... In Heart of Darkness Kurtz had hundreds of Africans working for him bringing in ivory and these people got nothing in return but terror. ... Colonialism comes in many forms besides the one it took in Heart of Darkness in the 19th century. ... Heart of Darkness and "The White Man's Burden" both dealt with the same topic, b...

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This film and message by Kurtz parallels with the theme of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, from which the movie was based. In Conrad's work, he uses descriptive details of his accounts in European Africa. ... Marlow's first journey occurs on the French steamer shipping down the African coast. ... Marlow is particularly disgusted by the on-going "wars" the French are partaking in throughout his journey to the Congo. ... However, throughout his water route to the Congo, "the merry dance of death and trade"(29) continues. ...

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