... very favorable view of this cultural exportation. He described the trader Kurtz as being "contemptibly childish- and as the "grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres-. Conrad believed that the European intrusion would result is disaster for Africa. ... of Darkness produces a similar effect. The phrase "Heart of Darkness-, conveys both the author's tone towards the setting, the dark, evil place on a map, and the thematic evil of man's heart (Watt, Ian. "Impressionism and Symbolism in Heart of Darkness-, Joseph Conrad: A Commemoration....

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