Heart of Darkness”, the representation of female characters is inadequate. This can be directly related to the concept of the idealistic woman in European society because the common view of women in the 19th century was that they were the inferior sex. Men, usually European, were perceived as explorers and colonizers. Women, on the other hand, were housewives and could never live up to a man's status in society. Joseph Conrad describes only three main women in his novel: Marlow's aunt, Kurtz's lover, and Kurtz's fiancée. These characters, limited in their descriptions, are supposed to represent the commonly perceived and stereotyped positions of women in society, namely: the aunt, the lover and the faithful girlfriend. Conrad's limited portrayal of women in his novel is criticized in “The Women of Heart of Darkness,” in which he argues that gender issues are intertwined with issues of race and culture. He supports his claim by stating that “they are European men who are sent to Africa to further the goals of imperialism; but we see European women – unaware of what their men are really doing for imperialism – offering them powerful ideological support.” Aspirant and the Aunt are representations of idealism. They are represented as the ordinary housewives cut off from the reality of horror in Africa. However, Kurtz's lover witnesses imperialism by force a nation's authority over another country's territory, political system, or economic life European men practiced imperialism and focused their attention on Africa in the 19th century. The fact that Conrad decided not to... stay in the middle of the card... and live the reality that the other two female characters are not subject to. All in all, Jeremy Hawthorn's argument is evident in the three main female roles. She argues that one's gender is intertwined with issues of race and culture. Marlow's aunt is a racist woman and believes that Africans should be stripped of their culture and be forced to learn the European way. The African lover is a strong, passionate woman who cares about the well-being of her culture. It represents the life of Congo in relation to its appearance and characteristics. Instead, the target is a sickly woman who thinks so highly of her beloved Kurtz that anything negative said about him could destroy her. All three women played minor roles, but their gender allowed Conrad to convey the problems of their different races and their very opposite culture..

Topic > Heart of Darkness”, the representation of female characters is inadequate. This can be directly related to the concept of the idealistic woman in European society because the common view of women in the 19th century was that they were the inferior sex. Men, usually European, were perceived as explorers and colonizers. Women, on the other hand, were housewives and could never live up to a man's status in society. Joseph Conrad describes only three main women in his novel: Marlow's aunt, Kurtz's lover, and Kurtz's fiancée. These characters, limited in their descriptions, are supposed to represent the commonly perceived and stereotyped positions of women in society, namely: the aunt, the lover and the faithful girlfriend. Conrad's limited portrayal of women in his novel is criticized in “The Women of Heart of Darkness,” in which he argues that gender issues are intertwined with issues of race and culture. He supports his claim by stating that “they are European men who are sent to Africa to further the goals of imperialism; but we see European women – unaware of what their men are really doing for imperialism – offering them powerful ideological support.” Aspirant and the Aunt are representations of idealism. They are represented as the ordinary housewives cut off from the reality of horror in Africa. However, Kurtz's lover witnesses imperialism by force a nation's authority over another country's territory, political system, or economic life European men practiced imperialism and focused their attention on Africa in the 19th century. The fact that Conrad decided not to... stay in the middle of the card... and live the reality that the other two female characters are not subject to. All in all, Jeremy Hawthorn's argument is evident in the three main female roles. She argues that one's gender is intertwined with issues of race and culture. Marlow's aunt is a racist woman and believes that Africans should be stripped of their culture and be forced to learn the European way. The African lover is a strong, passionate woman who cares about the well-being of her culture. It represents the life of Congo in relation to its appearance and characteristics. Instead, the target is a sickly woman who thinks so highly of her beloved Kurtz that anything negative said about him could destroy her. All three women played minor roles, but their gender allowed Conrad to convey the problems of their different races and their very opposite culture..