In Heart of Darkness misogynistic attitudes are seen through the attitudes towards women through Marlow and Kurtz. Marlow expresses these feelings through how he speaks of his aunt, who helped him gain employment.
“They live in a world of their own, and there has never been anything like it, and never can be. It is too beautiful altogether, and if they were to set it up it would go to pieces before the first sunset. ”
Marlow implies that women are naive and don’t know how to do anything. He thinks that they are useless and ornamental (this can be seen in the descriptions of the women outside the place Marlow gets his job.
Kurtz is also guilty of misogynistic behavior, as he has two love interests instead of one. Rather than keeping things monogamous, Kurtz uses these women for his own interest as ornaments. He uses them to display his great wealth and both are used as symbols of them in the civilized and uncivilized world.
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