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The paper is a historical study of European imperialism and the hypocricy of imperialism in the Belgian Congo as represented by Conrad in the "Heart of Darkness". The paper highlights how the two main characters Marlow and Kurtz are opposites in character and in their ability to work in the confines of imperialism. The paper points out that Marlow is the hero of the book while Kurtz is the darkness.

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"Chinua Achebe wrote a radical easy in 1975 claiming that the "Heart of Darkness" was not the great work of art that it is depicted as due to the racism that is so prevalent in the novella. Achebe even went a step further to say that Conrad was a racist and that he intentionally wrote into the "Heart of Darkness" his racist views. Historically it has been argued since the publication of the "Heart of Darkness" in 1897 that Conrad wrote of the Congolese he knew through his work as a seaman and that his life in Europe, specifically Poland where he resided was a great factor in his writing of imperialism. In other words Conrad was a man of the times."

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