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The Transformation of Marlow - Conrad’s Explication of Europe’s Colonial Practice in Africa In “” Conrad introduces his protagonist Marlow, his journey through the African Congo and the “enlightenment” of his so ....

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.... and left ruins behind them. Marlow says, “They grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves...” (Conrad, 10). With the unfolding of his journey Marlow starts his “enlightenment.” We can observe his evolution from “everyday European” to someone who realizes his own naiveness and begins to see the ....