'Heart of darkness Essay\r'

' \r\nIt is a commentary of Marlow’s initial impressions and observations of the Outer Station, and t bulge ensemble the slave labour release on. As he sees the the three estates rough him, he notices many ‘mounds of turned up earth’, and ‘wastes of excavations’, he speaks of the land as if it has been ‘despoiled’ of all its resources, and left as a desolate wasteland. His first impressions of the African slave workers seems racist, as he comp ars there black, naked bodies to ants, however, it is more likely that this is plainly a recognition to the futility and uselessness of the work that is going on. His next observation is a boiler, and an undersized railway-truck.\r\nHe describes them as ‘dead’ like the ‘carcass of some animal’. There are several interpretations for this scene. whiz is that he has ‘personified’ the machinery, giving them similar qualities to the slaves, describing the machinery as though it has been allowed to rest, and view as its job taken over by slaves. Another interpretation is that the machinery is a symbol for the empire, as the machinery is slowly decaying and rusting, the empire is also declining. Another reference to the futility of this work appears a few lines down. ‘The cliff was not in the way or anything; but this objectless noise was all the work going on’.\r\nIt is as if the slaves have fair(a) been given something to do, to keep them from session around. As Marlow walks further on, he sees a moderate carrying a gun, and wearing a ‘jacket with angiotensin-converting enzyme button of’. This is a very(prenominal) deliberate observation, though the empire seems perfect from the outside, it has imperfections. On seeing Marlow, the ward raises his gun, and tries to see who Marlow is; Marlow is sarcastic at this point, joking roughly how albumin men all look the comparable at a distance, referring to how black people all look the same to him from a distance.\r\nAs the guard recognises Marlow and smiles, there is more sarcasm from Marlow, describing the guards trust as being ‘exalted’, and describing himself as being a ‘part of the great cause of these high and just proceedings’. Marlow then descends down the hill, towards some trees. At this point, Marlow starts commenting some more on his pity for the slaves, and the rashness of the work going on. The first technique use to relay this to us is Conrad’s use of go around sentences, like we are part of Marlow’s judgment process. His first thoughts are well-nigh how futile and atrophied all the work that is going on is.\r\nHe describes one of the pits that has been dug, as ‘just a pot’. As he goes towards the trees for shade, he instantly declension it, making a direct reference to ‘Dante’s cuckoos nest’. Dante’s Inferno is one information o f what hell would be like. His vision of hell consists of sevener rings, each ring containing people who have sinned a particular way, with the rings varying degrees of punishment. He looks around, noticing the slaves, ‘objectifying’ them as ‘black shapes’. He makes an ironic comment, calling the slaves ‘helpers’ and stating how they have ‘withdrawn to die’. He talks about how they have been abandoned in a very understating way.\r\nThere is another reference to Dante’s Inferno here, as he notices the ‘black shadows of disease and famishment’. Marlow then leaves the trees, but looks down to see a black slave, who has a white thread around his neck. He is startled at how strange and out of hind end it looks on the black skin. This is symbolic of the white men of the empire being out of place in Africa. To conclude, the ‘Heart of Darkness’ within the joke refers to the inner capability to commit ev il acts in all men, and the evil of the empire underneath the bm of ‘spreading civilisation and the light of Christianity’.\r\nThe two sections of the unfermented which I have chosen to examine are full of symbolic imagery, referring to the title, and raising questions in the readers drumhead about the greatness of Britain.\r\n'