imperialistic conquest of the African continent between the late 1800’s and 1914? “Power mixed with cunningness creates poison cocktail. While power with cleverness makes a perfect pilot whale.” (Stephen Thompson, Ph.D., n.d.). In the imperialistic conquest of Africa this quote proved accurate. The Western Europeans gain power over Africans, however the way they controlled their power, with inhumane, racist and selfish actions mean’t the colonies were bound to failure. In the conquest for colonies
King Leopold II was the second king of Belgium who was known for bringing devastation to the Congo. His interest in the Congo was primarily derived from a large amount of money he would make. There was also ivory which was very valuable at the time, for its ability to be easily carved into anything, like fake teeth. Lastly, when there was a large amount of rubber that was available, that too was one of his interests. The year 1876 was roughly about the time in which he a conference for explorers
The theme of Heart of Darkness is the conditions prevailing in the Congo under the imperialist rule of the Belgian King, Leopold II. These conditions include the impact of the white traders and explorers on the life of the African (or Congolese) savages, and the influence of the native way of life on the white men, with special reference to one man named Mr. Kurtz. In fact, Conrad’s novel ha several themes: the theme of self-restraint, theme of working of the sub-conscious mind of man, the theme
Heart of Darkness. It has both the literal meaning as well as symbolic connotation. On the literal plane, the title of the novel points out to the dark continent of Africa, particularly darkness will talk about the Congo valley. Initially, the phrase The Dark Continent was used by the famous explorer and writer Henry Morton Stanley for Africa. He explored Africa and found it full of darkness and backwardness. And, hence due to this
The “Industrial Revolution marks a human response to that dilemma as renewable fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas replaced the endlessly renewable energy sources of wind, water, wood, and the muscle power of people and animals” (Ways of the World, p. 614). During this period, economic and social changes were tied to new innovations, which led to a spike in manufacturing, special purpose machinery, and factories. It was, undoubtedly, “a breakthrough of unprecedented proportions that made
ancient Roman conquest of Britain and says that the ancient Romans were conquerors who used force. They grabbed what they get and their conquest and their conquest of Britain was “robbery with violence”, which involved murder on a large scale. The conquest of another Country, says Marlow, mostly means taking away all things from those who have a different complexion or who have flatter noses than the conquerors have. Such a conquest is unpardonable. What Marlow wishes to say is that conquest can be
READING COMICS: A POST-COLONIAL REVIEW OF TINTIN IN THE CONGO Dr. Sanghamitra Ganguly Assistant Professor, Department of English, Maheshtala College (Affiliated to the University of Calcutta) E-mail: ganguly.sanghamitra@gmail.com ABSTRACT Comics are a medium primarily meant for entertainment. However there are some comics that have become controversial for their content. One such album is Herge’s Tintin in the Congo which has attracted criticisms for being racist and pro-imperialist, so much so