It may be the only “female” with whom Marlow has a true relationship. It is commonly noted that the only “female” referred to by her proper name is Nellie, the vessel that many think of as He seems wholly unable to relate to them,Īnd is completely out of his element when forced to deal with females. It is clear from his thoughts and words that Marlow sees women as inferior, confusing, and, probably, intimidating. Habib states in Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History, “…theĭepiction of women in male literature – as angels, goddesses, whores, obedient wives and mother figures – was an integral means of perpetuating these ideologies of gender.” A feministĬritique is easily applied to the novel and makes clear the position of women in 19 th century European society and their role in the era’s rampant imperialism.
This novel takes place, and was a common theme in literature (and may unfortunately still be). There is no love interest in it and no woman – only incidentally’,” which is, of course, reflective of the Victorian era in which In fact, in her essay “Don’t Knock the Boat: Feminine Characters in Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’,” Kelly Larkin Conway writes that JosephĬonrad had written to his publisher “’It is a story of the Congo. This is no mistake or oversight by the author. Joseph Conrad’s seminal 1899 work Heart of Darkness, the tale of Marlow and the mysterious Kurtz, is stark in how it treats the females in the story.
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