In "Two Visions in the Heart of Darkness" Edward Said argued that the residue of nineteenth century imperialism can still be seen in the way natives are represented in Western media.

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In "Two Visions in the Heart of Darkness" Edward Said argued that the residue of nineteenth century imperialism can still be seen in the way natives are represented in Western media.

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Consider the statement about Edward Said's critique in Two Visions in the Heart of Darkness. 
Option 1: True. This aligns with Said’s broader argument in Orientalism that Western representations of the East (or non-Western others) are saturated with imperialist assumptions and serve to rationalize domination. In the essay, the idea is that literary and cultural texts, including depictions of natives, carry forward the residue of 19th-century colonial attitudes, influencing how media today continues to frame and stereotype non-Western peoples. 
Option 2: False. If one were to claim false, the argument would require evidence that Said did not see any continuity between 19th-century imperialism and modern representation, or that his analysis completely rejects the persistence of colonial discourse in contemporary media. However, Said’s project is precisely to trace how colonial imaginaries persist and morph rather than disappear, so denying this continuity would contradict the core aim of his critique. 
Option 1, in sum, reflects Said’s view that imperialist logics linger in contemporary representations, whereas Option 2 would misstate his central claim by denying the continuity he emphasizes. 
Option 1’s claim rests on the understanding that cultural representation operates through a lens shaped by power, empire, and the construction of the Other, which is a staple in Said’s analysis. 
Option 2 would require demonstrating a complete break with historical discourse, which is antithetical to the continuity Said identifies between 19th-century imperialism and present-day depiction of natives. 
Thus, evaluating both options shows that the statement in Option 1 is the one that coherently fits Said’s argument about residue and representation, while Option 2 misrepresents the continuity central to his critique.

Intro to Global Spring... Quiz on Section 7 reading and lecture

In "Two Visions in the Heart of Darkness" Edward Said argued that the residue of nineteenth century imperialism can still be seen in the way natives are represented in Western media.

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