Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden" depict the 19th century belief that it is the white man's destiny through God to colonize Africa and other under-developed nations. ... One can see the parallels between these ideas presented in the poem and those in Heart of Darkness. ... 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, but in different ways. ... When studying Heart of Darkness, reading criti...

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