Marlow's Lie in the Heart of Darkness Throughout the scenes of Heart of Darkness, we get several glimpses of Marlow's particular attitude towards women, that they are creatures who live "in a world of their own, and that there never has been anything like it, and never can be" (Longman, p. 2199). Women are able to create and see the beauty in life, something that is more difficult for men to do, hardened by hard work and misfortunes. Marlow further states, this time to his audience aboard the Nellie, “We must help them to remain in that beautiful world of theirs, so that ours does not get worse” (Longman, p. 2225). By this he simply means that part of what attracts men to women is their capacity for beauty, to preserve and maintain the "finer" things in life, which men can draw on to enlighten themselves and bring a sense of peace to their existence. the sense of need to preserve the Destined's beliefs and "beauty" is why Marlow ultimately lies to her. He detests lies, his own belief that "there is a taint of death, a taste of mortality in lies..." (Longman, p. 2210) is what leads to the d...