by Marianna Torgovnick (pg 396-405)
- Colonialism and imperialism are important political issues, but they are not the only ones involved in Heart of Darkness
- Author specifically focuses on primitive and hence on the African Women
- Criticizes the "celebrates" vagueness of Marlow's style
- Many times it has been linked to "psychological complexity" but the author feels that it simply hides the true elements of the novel
- Feels that this vagueness conceals and places a veil over Kurtz's actions
- Portrays only one nice/good african woman and Conrad focuses only on her looks/beauty
- Heart of Darkness uses words such as "work" and "business" to conceal the real gory details of what is happening
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