Prejudice in the Heart of DarknessSlavery has existed since Egyptian times and with it prejudice against certain humans also arose. In Conrad's Heart of Darkness, these prejudices are reflected throughout the story in the characters and their descriptions. The main character, Marlow, shows many prejudices towards the native black slaves through much of his descriptions and actions towards them. One of the most remarkable descriptions of prejudice that Marlow gives us is in the way that Marlow describes the River Themes in two different positions. He first describes the river as a place where many people seek to realize their dreams. In a way, his descriptions are like a great fantasy with great feelings of serenity and full of vividness. This description of the river also contained many color words; which Marlow rarely uses to describe events. The description of the river running up the river was extremely different from the previous description. Marlow described it this way: “The air was hot, thick, heavy and sluggish. There was neither joy nor sunshine. The long stretches of rivers lay deserted in the darkness of eclipsed distances” (Conrad 2:16). Upstream was where all the natives lived and that is how it is described, quite the opposite of what he had previously thought. Marlow feels extremely uncomfortable going to this area, he even says that it seems as if the large trees overhanging the river are swallowing up the boat as it goes upstream. These words give the impression that this region is very wild and even animal. Marlow constantly feels like something is watching him and he calls this monkey tricks (Conrad 2:2). It is obviously the natives who observe him. Another description that Marlow gives us, somewhat different, concerns the reactions of Kurtz's friends to his departure and death. We meet Kurtz's hometown girlfriend for the first time. His descriptions largely reflected his wild appearances. Marlow refers to too many of his jewels as barbaric ornaments and gifts from witch-men. He doesn't know it, but he only assumes it. When he describes his facial expressions, they are not very human but more animalistic..