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1、ThesymbolisminheartofdarknessHeartofDarkness:ThenovelhastoldtheexperienceofcapitalMarlowewhowasemployedbyaBelgiumtradingcompany.HistaskwastoentertheinteriorAfricatosavetheveryilltradingstationagentKurt.Theso-calledtradecompanyisnothingbutwantingtoconquertheAfricanlandonthenameoftrade.
2、ThestoryofMarlowestartwithhissegmentofthecontracttogotoCongo,andtheclimaxofthestoryisMarlowe’smeetwithKarts.WithMarlowe’sfurtherin,anotherhero–kartsslowlycameintoourvision.Althoughinthejungle,Marlowehaveunderstoodwhatiswildnessandwhatishorror,thisafearddegreeisfarbeneathfromwhichKarts
3、brings.InMarlowe’sheart,Kartsissomehowathreatforheiscomeheretoreplace.Thefurtherhewent,themorehefeelsaboutthat.themoreheknowthingsaboutKarts,themoreapparenthisuneasyisAtfirst,Kartsisanenergeticyoungmanwithloftyideal.HeoncedreamshecanfindhisfortuneinAfrica,torealizehisownvalue.whatattr
4、actedhimtoAfricais“tohavehigherwisdom,anextensivesympathyandaconcentratedaim……”KartscanbecalledthewholeEuropean’srepresentahalfEnglishandahalfFrench,sowecansay,thewholeEuropeanisdevoteditselftothegrowthofKarts.HeisthesymboloftheEuropeancivilization.However,thebadnaturalenvironmentofth
5、ecolonyandtherichmaterialbenefitsmadehimapeopleblindedofgreed.Theinterestanddesirehaveerodedhim.Andforalongtime,hedeadontheshipbackEurope.Symbolismofracismwasthefirstthingthatstoodoutwhilereadingthisstory.ThisideacamefromthewaythatJosephConradwroteaboutthewhites,-whowereconsidered“civ
6、ilized”,andhowtheytreatedtheblacks–whowereconsidered“uncivilized”,inAfrica.DuringthesettlementandcolonizationofAfrica,thewhitesthoughtthemselvestobesuperiortoanyhumanwhowasdifferentfromtheircolor(i.e.Natives).ThisiswellshownwhenMarlowdescribedhisfirstimpressionofAfrica,whenhesawthe“Bl
7、ackshapescrouched…Theworkwasgoingon…thiswastheplacewheresomeofthehelpershadwithdrawntodie…theywerenothingearthlynow,nothingbutblackshadowsofdiseaseandstarvation,lyingconfusedlyinthegreenishgloom.”TheseNativeswerenot“helpers”,butslaveswhowereforcedtoworkundertheorderofthewhitesettlers.
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