The novella “Heart of Darkness” written by Polish-British Joseph Conrad author which was made in 1899 is indicative of the ideals and the norms of that era. Since this was made in the late 19th century there were still many racist and outdated ideologies that make itself know in the text, such as the people in Africa are labeled savages and therefore need to be “civilized” and the women in the novella have little to no development and are unimportant to the narrative. The common themes are very reflective of the norms of the 19th century such as race, femininity, power and good vs evil. The race was a major motif in this novel Marlow and his crew saw their imperialism as white man’s burden and a necessary evil to civilize these natives and