... phrase to symbolize the Europeans and the company Marlow works for. The company's mission is to civilize and enlighten the natives, but in reality, the work they are doing is power and money driven. The map that Marlow sees in the company offices shows the continent with "blotches of color, a lot of blue, a little green, smears of orange, a purple patch, to show where the jolly pioneers of progress drink the jolly lager-beer ... of a rapacious and pitiless folly." (Conrad 14) These devils symbolize the evils of imperialism in Marlow's opinion. The sunshine, although bright and beaming, ...

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