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Heart of Darkness Good vs. Evil Quotes Page 14
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
"'We will not be free from unfair competition till one of these fellows is hanged for an example,' he said. 'Certainly,' grunted the other; 'get him hanged! Why not? Anything - anything can be done in this country.’" (2.2)
The manager and his uncle are evil, willing to kill a man just to get at Kurtz.
"'Each station should be like a beacon on the road towards better things, a centre for trade of course, but also for humanizing, improving, instructing.' Conceive you - that ass!" (2.2)
The manager is a hypocrite. Nothing he does helps the stations improve. In fact, under his authority, everything has decayed.
[The manager’s uncle]: "'Ah! my boy, trust to this – I say, trust to this.' I saw him extend his short flipper of an arm for a gesture that took in the forest, the creek the mud, the river – seemed to beckon with a dishonouring flourish before the sunlit face of the land a treacherous appeal to the lurking death, to the hidden evil, to the profound darkness of its heart. It was so startling that I leaped to my feet and looked back at the edge of the forest, as though I had expected an answer of some sort to that black display of confidence." (2.2)
The manager’s uncle assumes that Nature is evil. Marlow obviously agrees.
