Theme Of Women In Heart Of Darkness

In Joseph Conrad 's novel Heart of Darkness, there is a clear sexist perspective of women which is the perspective of women as the inferior sex; making Gabrielle McIntire’s statement somehow truthful, here’s why: There are around eight minor female characters in Heart of Darkness: The Belgian aunt who secures Marlow an opportunity to follow his desires, the two old women sitting on chairs "knitting black wool" (Notice that the wool is “black”, a dark image intended with the color of the fabric knitted), the wife of the high leader who is recommended for Marlow by the aunt, the African laundress, the provocative black woman who wasn 't anxious about the steam whistle as Kurtz leaves in the steamer (believes to be Kurtz emotional partner or something, but it’s unclear who she is), Kurtz 's mother, and lastly, Kurtz 's "intended". These female characters are mentioned with a specific end goal in order to belittle women with the way of life and attach them with geographical places they occupy. However, they doubtlessly play particular parts in the novel, but they don 't relate with the essential core/theme of the story. The essential theme is the “darkness” of the human heart, fundamentally a decent clarification for the title of Conrad 's novel. Marlow 's adventure into the heart of Africa issues him the chance to learn much about human nature, in any case, among them is by all accounts man 's ability for satanic deeds and the fundamental emptiness or darkness of mankind’s