The Accidental Hero: An In-depth Analysis in Marlow’s Role in Heart of Darkness

In the dark heart of Joseph Conrad, in spite of the fact that his moral alternation and Marlow did not improve the situation in Africa, Marlow can be regarded as a hero in the story. Through the story, Marlow found himself in many shocking situations, but given his perspective at the time, he chose the path to observe bystanders, but did not imagine sustained actions or motives It was. In addition, Marlow's morality is not static, it can swing indefinitely in the process of plotting.

While studying Joseph Conrad 's "Dark Heart" hero and anti - hero Joseph Conrad' s "Dark Heart", many critics are talking about heroism. The main character is Marlow, Kurz. Obviously, Marlow and Kurtz are the hero of this story; but the hero and the hero are not necessarily synonyms. Marlo is a hero in a traditional sense, but Kurz is a more modern hero, often called an anti-hero. - The Crucible 's anti - hero hero is defined as "those who admire his courage, great behavior, or high - grade qualities". All heroes can be divided into three categories, one of which is anti hero type. Anti-hero serves as a hero. They do not want to be brave or noble, but their action makes them a hero. Confronting difficult decisions and doubts is also a classic feature of anti-heroes.

Marlo, the hero of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", bravely walked deep into the Congo to find the truth and adventure. He started with a strong moral belief about the greatness of truth and evil of lies. But Marlow 's thing is not that black and white, he finished his journey and talked to one of the biggest lies to everyone. Marlow showed a strong passion to the truth until he lied to reveal terrible truth and lied. Conrad thinks this is the reason they do not tell the truth when they face the ugly reality.

Marlow is one of the two narrators of The Heart of Darkness, and he is more important of the two. Conrad made a complex narrator to Marlow, a man who is not right and wrong. Marlow tells stories that make up the true content of the novel. The storyteller tells the story objectively and avoids it. However, in "the heart of darkness" Marlow himself is one of the central figures. Mahlow is not an objective window of the story, but an emotional confrontation between the events in the story and the characters. He is also a man alienated from the mainstream. He is also an observer, thinker and commentator. Ignoring the role of Marlow in the dark heart, half of the interest and appeal to this novel will disappear. Marlow also plays a symbolic role. He represents much bigger things than myself.