The Necessary Lie in Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness Essays -- Heart

The Necessary Lie in Heart of Darkness In his narrative, Marlow declares, You know I hate, abhor, and cant bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it appalls me. There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies, - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget (Longman 2210). In pique of these strong words, he lies to Kurtzs Intended when he visits her and tells her, The last word he pronounced was - your name (Longman 2246). Marlows words, spoken in Part I to the audience, come out to contradict his words spoken in Part III to the Intended. Upon walk-to(prenominal) examination however, it is clear that it was keeping to his beliefs that caused Marlow to lie to the Intended. Marlow was initially hired for this bank line by using connections his Aunt had. After trying in visionary on his own, he approached her and she pulled a few strings, and got him hired. He whence commences to explain to the audi ence that Its queer how out of touch with truth women are. They get laid in a world of their own, and there had never ...