Then Marlow detects that European colonialism not only plunges the land into deeper darkness, but also gives rise to "the darkness" in man's inner world, that is, the evil in human nature.

其次，马洛察觉到欧洲人的殖民活动给刚果带来更深的黑暗的同时，也使这片土地上的人的内心世界中的“黑暗”——人性的恶暴露无疑。

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Perhaps in this more limited sense one can blame colonialism, because it was the European powers that drew the dubious borders.

也许在这一点上殖民者应当受到有限的谴责，因为正是欧洲大国画了暧昧不清的边界线。

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When it really developed was in the second half of the 19th century, when European colonialism was venturing into Africa and other parts of the world.

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