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Zack Lindahl IB3b The Roles of Women as Imagery in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness A great number of characters are depicted in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness and only a few are women, albeit with very important purpose. The female figures presented in the story have specific roles that they perpetrate. These roles differ from symbolic images to reflections of women's role in everyday society. In this essay, the women characters that form figurative images will be analysed, to see what role they play in the novel. A striking image in Heart of Darkness comes in the form of two women, namely the two women in Brussels who guides people into the head quarters of the Company. The protagonist Marlow describes them simply as: "[t]wo women, one fat and the other slim, sat on straw-bottomed chairs, knitting black wool"1 However, his attitude changes, and as he describes them in...

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