Read the following excerpt from heart of darkness
i've seen the devil of violence, and the devil of greed, and
the devil of hot desire; but, by all the stars! these were
strong, lusty, red-eyed devils, that swayed and drove men-
men, i tell you. but as i stood on this hillside, i foresaw that
in the blinding sunshine of that land i would become
acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of a
rapacious and pitiless folly.
why did conrad most likely include this passage in the story?
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a. to show that devils, like human beings, gain weight if they don't
work out regularly
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b. to express the idea that foolish ineffectiveness is the central
problem of colonialism
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c. to convey the sense of overwhelming human evil in a world where
devils outnumber stars
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d. to show that pretending to be a devil is foolish, and that it is better
to try to be good