The Immortality and Blindness to a Dark Continent

Immortality and blindness in the dark continent Joseph Conrad's novel "The Dark Spirit" depicts the image of dark and inhumane Africa. He not only told the actual African continent "to be extremely hopeless, dark, ruthless for human weaknesses that it can not be understood by human thinking" (Conrad 2180). Human life Conrad scattered around the world and spent the European colonial period. This phenomenon and the doctrine of colonialism he accepted at that time clearly influenced his view on the publication of the dark heart.

The dark continent is an interesting case as it is not based on any culture or country. The whole dark continent is based on Africa and the Sahara Desert is unique, but it is also a common savanna. The only part based on the actual life place is Cathargo which is based on Carthage. Cathargo is located south of Reim and is a common place in Carthage compared to Rome. The majority of the North Africans at the time were known as Berber people, but this was related to the term "barbarians" and influenced the "wild" nature of the Fanariss from Dana It was. Finally, Fanaris is often enslaved and enslaved like Carthagian fanatics. The dark continent is another supporting theory of Africa, Africa is the cradle of all life on Earth. The dark continent comes directly from the world before the current environment, Alma Tran

Patrick Brantringer's article "Victorian era and Africans: Genealogy of Dark myths" laid the foundation for the development of the "Dark Continent" theory. Joseph Conrad hinted at the universality of each dark or "barbaric" whether he was a black or a white. To reply to Conrad, Europeans tried to project their own "savage" impulses to Africans (Brantlinger 194). They thought they were better than Africans in every way and refused to accept the darkness suggested by Conrad and led to the emergence of dark myths. H. Rider Haggard's novel, King Solomon's mine supports the idea of ​​projecting darkness to Africans