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ThereexistvariouscriticismsonConrad sHeartofDarknessbothhomeandabroad. Inthemodtimes, themanyscholarstendtodevour-themodisticcharacteristicsofthisnovella. Subsequently, thethemeoftheunreliabilityoflanguageisbrushedasideandneglected. Thispapercentersonsomecontrad-ictorycriticismsontheinterpretationsofthemanyblanksinConrad sHeartofDarkness.Throughthejustificationoftheseinconsistentcriticisms,theunreliabilityoflanguage-inthisworksistobeillustrated.Andinthemainpartofthispaper,threeaspectsaretobepresented,fromwhichthelegitimacyofthesecontradictorycriticismsarejustified,thatis,the-contradictionofcriticismsonblanksinMarlowsCongotale,thedichotomyofcriticismsonblanksintherelationsbetweenMarlowandConrad,andtheinconsistencyofcriti-cismsonblanksinsomemetaphoricalimages.WhatisconcludedintheendistheunreliablenatureoflanguageinHeartofDarkness.