Heart Of Darkness Marlow Colonialism

Marlow s story in heart of darkness takes place in the belgian congo the most notorious european colony in africa because of the belgian colonizers immense greed and brutal treatment of the native people.
Heart of darkness marlow colonialism. He sarcastically shows the terror of colonialism. The presence of rifles guns and bayonets of the europeans versus the spears bows arrows and clubs of the native makes this novel very bloody dehumanizing violent and brutal. All the way through his journey up the congo and into the heart of darkness the true purpose of colonialism and the european capitalist approach is uncovered. According to marlow colonialism began because of the ivory which the europeans were very hungry for.
Joseph conrad explores the nature of colonialism in his work heart of darkness. Under the excuse that they are going to bring the light of civilization to the degenerated african brutes the imperialists exploited the country for a long time. In order to accomplish this he uses numerous emblematic characters. The presence of rifles guns and bayonets of the europeans versus the spears bows arrows and clubs of the native makes this novel very bloody dehumanizing violent and brutal.
The setting of conrad s novella is congo in the late 19 th century which was then a colony of belgium but heart of darkness can be observed as a criticism of all european imperialist countries especially britain. The cruelty of european colonialism is plain to the sight in heart of darkness and is a by product of a darkened heart.