Abstract This paper introduces and discusses the book "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad. ... "Only the barbarous and superb woman did not so much as flinch, and stretched tragically her bare arms after us over the sombre and glittering river" (Conrad 146). 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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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 differing views of a woman's place in society. The males in Conrad's book find woman to be nave, ignorant, and inferior. ...

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The Oppressed People "The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and agreed upon myths of its conquerors." -Meridel Le Sueur. Women are the oppressed people, and its conquerors are men. Joseph Conrad accurately depicts this aspect of colonial history in the novel Heart of Darknes...

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Henry Rider Haggard was a British writer and traveller who dedicated one of his first novels, "King Solomon's Mines," to "all the big and little boys who read it" (n.p.). Full of masculine characters experiencing epic adventures and big game hunting, the novel soon reached the intended target audie...

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• Grade Level: High School