Which of the following quotes from heart of darkness contains sarcasm?
a. marlow says the colonialists had a hole dug out of "the philanthropic desire
of giving criminals something to do."
b. marlow calls colonialism "a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of rapacious and pitiless folly."
c. marlow says that force is "nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others."
d. marlow calls a group of starving people "nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation, lying confusedly in the greenish gloom."

A). Marlow says the colonialists had a hole dug out of "the philanthropic desire  of giving criminals something to do."

Explanation:

"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad is an attempt to reveal and interrogate the roots of colonialism and condemn the inner void and greed of the imperialistic pursuits of colonizers.

As per the question, the quote in which Conrad employs sarcasm while retelling Marlow's tale is displayed through option A i.e. 'Marlow displays that these 'colonialists had a whole dug out of the philanthropic desire of giving criminals something to do'.  Conrad uses sarcasm in order to given an insight to the darkness of the colonizers and reveal the alternative side of their(colonizers') so called 'philanthropic lies' in a light-hearted manner which is the chief goal of sarcasm(to expose the human follies through humor and irony). Thus, option A is the correct answer.

b.)the road of trials

explanation:

answer: common sense was the pamphlet that thomas paine used to convince reluctant americans to abandon the goal of reconciling with britain and to accept that independence was the only option to preserve their liberty.