Part one of term paper
In Joseph Conrad's novelette , Marlow's view of women embodies the typical 19th century view of women as the inferior sex. There are only three relatively minor female characters in : Marlow's aunt, Kurtz's mistress, and Kurtz's "Intended." Marlow mentions these female characters in order to give the literal aspect of his tale more substan ...

Part two of term paper
... the beginning of Marlow's story he tells how he, "Charlie Marlow, set the women to work--to get a job."(23) He tells this in the context that he was so desperate to travel in the trade industry that he did what was unthinkable in those times: he asked a woman for financial assistance. The woman, his aunt, also transcended the traditional role of women in those times by telling Marlow that she would be delighted to help him and to ask her for help whenever he needed it. This incident did not h ...