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Heart Of Darkness Prejudice Quotes

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Throughout history, many imperialistic countries employ different forms of prejudice within society to help enable the governing heads to rule with very little resistance and to further assist the growth of their nation even though the method deployed are incorrect in many ways. Africans in Heart of Darkness were isolated in order to help expand the horizons of the growing British Empire through economic and other personal agendas, such as protection. By instilling the ideology of prejudice within a person, they are more likely to carry out more efficient, inhumane methods of carrying out a task without much hesitation and drawback as it gives them motivation to do so without a real just purpose. At the time this book was written, England was …show more content…

Throughout Heart of Darkness, one way Marlow was portrayed in being caught in this trap is with his use of imagery to portray natives through his eyes. Marlow was never fond of the natives within Africa as the following quote indicates: “The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much” (Conrad 9). Marlow shows his resentment towards the natives by claiming that those with a different complexion and facial structure than his are a sight that is harmful towards you the more you look at it, giving the impression that the natives are less than human, almost monster like. Mark Ross also explained this ideology: “All groups, by their nature, imply to the members that they are somehow special in particular ways and in many ways better, than their fellow travelers on this earth“(Ross). Ross here explains how Marlow in this case makes himself imply that he somehow is different in a superior way then the natives of the Congo River, which in this case would be the ideology of white

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