Heart of Darkness 4

Marlow does not agree with his aunts statement that he will be the "emissary of light" for the Africans.  This is referring to the fact that Marlow is going to be the source with the rest of his English conquerors, the source of knowledge and truth and a new style of living.  This will be the way the English help the Africans, is through their ways of helping bring the Africans out of poverty through the English's knowledge and experiences with every day life.  Marlow disagrees with this comment and changes his attitude at the end of the paragraph when he says that the company was made for profit and money, not to show the Africans knowledge and truth.  Just like the way the Romans exploited the English, to make the Romans more wealthy at any cost, the English, in Marlow's eyes are doing the same thing, trying to make themselves rich at the expense of the Africans.  This is ironic because they will be doing the opposite, they are not going to be adding "light" but instead they will be exploiting them and taking the light away.