English

Woody

23 April, 21:45

Which of the following quotes from Heart of Darkness contains sarcasm?

A. Marlow says the colonialists had a hole dug out of "the philanthropic desire

of giving criminals something to do."

B. Marlow calls colonialism "a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of rapacious and pitiless folly."

C. Marlow says that force is "nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others."

D. Marlow calls a group of starving people "nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation, lying confusedly in the greenish gloom."