Do Things Fall Apart?
A Reconsideration of the Racist Concept of the Noble Savage through a True Representation of the Savagery of the Noble This paper aims to criticize the long-standing theory of the Noble Savage, which has long tacitly been accepted as a satisfactory justification of the racist’s demeaning view of the colonized/slave as a savage despite the fact that his/her behaviour may show signs of nobility. In fact, a new reading of works such as Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko, Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness and many others illustrate the counter theory of the Savagery of the Noble. The Savagery of the Noble, crystallized in the above-mentioned works, has provided an apocalyptic vision of today’s world bitterly characterized by the savage acts committed by the so-called Nobles of the world. The research gradually builds up an unbiased image of those so-called Nobles who are in fact no more than savages. Daniela Linguraru “Ştefan cel Mare” University, Suceava Romania On Repetition:
