本文从约瑟夫·康拉德的《黑暗的心》中的主人公库尔兹的人物形象着手开始分析,意在揭示在帝国主义意识形态中存在的悖论,即欧洲殖民者采取了有组织化的野蛮手段来维护他们在非洲的殖民统治,只有事实上的道德堕落才能维护他们所宣称的在道德层面上的优越性。 This essay begins with the analysis of the character images of protagonist Kurz in Joseph Conrad’s The Dark Heart, which is intended to reveal the paradox in the imperialist ideology that the European colonists took organized Brutal means to defend their colonial rule in Africa, de facto morals can defend what they claim to be moral superiority.