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Muddy Water People have always tried to categorize the human race as generally good or generally evil. Heart of Darkness shows people to be more complex than previously
the jagged peaks of the Koolau range and rays broke through the clouds and beat down on the muddy water of Pearl Bay. Bobby glanced toward them, but his mind was
in the water was fertile soil from above. Most of New England was hilly, and every time muddy water ran off one of the fields the field got poorer. Eliot became so
For the poacher, the hippo is an easy target. They stay together for long hours in muddy water pools, as many as eighty-one can be found in a single square mile.
were ordered by their peers to consolidate the earth, which at this point was a chaos of muddy water. Izanagi and Izanami stood on the bridge of high heaven, thought
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People have always tried to categorize the human race as generally good or generally evil. Heart of Darkness shows people to be more complex than previously believed. Conrad shows that the actions that people take mirror the environment that they are in at the time. When someone is put into a different environment, they will begin to reflect the social and legal framework that is in place in that environment (or lack thereof). This process is affected by how clear of a sense of self the individual has, the time they are exposed to the new environment, and also by their will power. The colonial Congo environment has much fewer restraints on the people and so they take advantage of the fewer rules. Furthermore, because of the weak system in place in the European controlled parts of the Congo, some people are drawn to a more powerful system, the lifestyle of the savage. Marlow and Kurtz both face this test of will while in the Congo, and Kurtz essentially fails and submits to the tribal environment.
During the events of the novel, Europe is the peak of civilization. Most of the countries of Europe have strict social, moral, and legal codes set in place. The people in Europe mostly follow these rules and, in turn, are shaped by them. For example, a law and social rule against murder made it less likely for people to commit murder and planted that aversion to murder into their psyche. In this way, the morals of the people were shaped. With these strict laws and regulations, the people of Europe gain a nearly uniform set of values.
Once these same Europeans are put into the Congo however, they begin to lose the set of values that they have held on to. The environment of the Congo has much fewer social and legal restraints in place and so those who are there reflect that lack of restraint with “evil” acts. The Europeans then become the “flabby devil” which Marlow describes. The doctor who examines Marlow before he leaves for the Congo is aware of...
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