Sexism in Joseph Conrad\'s Heart of Darkness

Through the framed rhetorical story in intent of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, one must deem Marlow, the cashier, as treacherous. Marlow speaks of his clock time with Kurtz in the Congo with storytelling, which in turn makes his recollections unreliable and biased as he tells this tale through his eyeball and his eyes only. The purpose of this screen is to call attention not only to the biases in Marlows narration but withal his male chauvinist views toward women particularly Kurtzs fiance. Throughout this rush Marlow draws attention to the fact that Kurtzs fiancee is unable to move on after hearing of the shoemakers run of her love; as scripted in the novella: it was much than a year since his death, more than than a year since the tidings came; she seemed as though she would look on and mourn forever (Conrad, 126). This description of Kurtzs fiance was written as a portrayal of the women of that time which in turn promotes sexism by represent women as weak, gr ieving, ignorant individuals who are entirely restricted on men  (Ali, 1). Marlows narration of this recent female asserts that Kurtz was essentially her purpose for living and without him she is simply a sad, forever grieving and ultimately useless shell of a woman. The novella proves this statement as Marlow recalls his conversation with Kurtzs fiance, she had said, with a cloudy catch of the breath, I hasten survived (Conrad, 126).\nFurthermore, Marlow manipulates the end of Kurtzs life as he attempts to please Kurtzs bride-to-be by telling her that Kurtzs last course were her name. This proves that Marlow is an unreliable narrator as Kurtzs last words were actually: The Horror, the horror  (Conrad, 131). Marlow lies to the mean not only to fly the coop the darkness that enveloped Kurtz but also to perpetuate a orbit in which women are dependent upon men, no matter how wrongly virtuous they might descry the men to be  (Ali, 3). This reinforces the conception th at women are unable to ...