Decoding Deception and Distortion: A Feminist Perspective on Marlow's Deviation of Truth to Mr Kurtz's Intended in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

Author(s)	Lutfun Naher
Country	Bangladesh
Abstract	Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness portrays an intimate connection between the realm of femininity and darkness. This paper explores Marlow's motives for deviation of truth from Mr Kurtz's Intended. Marlow and Kurtz deceive women to attain their goals, keeping them out of the pragmatic world and reaffirming their status as the 'second sex' or, more precisely, as the 'lost sex'. This study excavates Simone de Beauvoir's concept of 'the Other' in her seminal work The Second Sex. Examining how Marlow's distortion of the truth intersects with Beauvoir's exploration of the patriarchal tendency to marginalize and objectify women opens new opportunities to resolve the reason behind his deliberate deception and distortion of the truth to Mr Kurtz's 'Intended.'
Keywords	Deception, distortion, marginalize, 'The Other', patriarchy, truth, women
Field	Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 5, September-October 2023
Published On	2023-09-09
Cite This	Decoding Deception and Distortion: A Feminist Perspective on Marlow's Deviation of Truth to Mr Kurtz's Intended in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness - Lutfun Naher - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 5, September-October 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i05.6072
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i05.6072
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gsp9fm

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