
Furthermore, a vast number of females are interchangeable as the female stand- in. With this in mind, Marlowr’s comments demonstrates an automatic response from the male sex to view women as infantile or miniscule. Those who oppose could not find any importance behind this. Initially, Marlow commences by referring to female characters found in the story as girls and does not call them women. The power possessed by the female characters closely relates to how paramount these women are in the development of the story and plot.

Joseph Conradr’s, Heart of Darkness, discusses social issues such as racism, sexism, and corruption.

In Joseph Conradr’s Heart of Darkness, despite the disparaging comments made about women, numerous feminine figures in the story display or exercise a more notable amount of power than the male characters.
