(Honors Seg 1, 01 MC) "Black shapes crouched, lay, sat between the trees leaning against the trunks, clinging to the earth, half coming out half,

(Honors Seg 1, 01 MC)"Black shapes crouched, lay, sat between the trees leaning against the trunks, clinging to the earth, half coming out half, effaced within the dim light, in all the attitude of pain, abandonment, and despair. Another mine on the cliff went off, followed by a slight shudder of the soil under my feet. The work was going on. The work! And this was the place where some of the helpers had withdrawn to die."Identify the theme of this excerpt from The Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, and explain the authors interpretation of the British Empire. (20 points)