Marianna Ford
English 105
Professor Timmons
September 18, 2010
Power without Restraint: Conrad reveals the Dark side of Man’s Heart
In Joseph Conrad’s novella “Heart of Darkness”, he highlights the harsh realities of Europe’s colonization in Africa and how power without restraint can turn even the civilized to savage. While navigating a steam boat through the heart of the Congo jungle in mission to find Kurtz, Marlow meets native savages who turn out not to be so savage and finds that the civilized Europeans are not quite as civilized as perhaps they once were. Unchecked authority in a vast “God-forsaken wilderness” can show the true motives of the heart of a man in command (13). Power without restraint reveals the dark side of man’s heart who is not subordinate to the civil pressures of society or to the authority of another human being.
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