本文將討論康拉德小說《吉姆爺》中的陰謀與「表演」。吉姆流亡至巴帝山(Patusan)—這「物超所值的協議」—並經一連串政治、土地的征服，東山再起。其中最主要的策略，就是吉姆藉「表演」與陰謀成功地塑造「白人乃萬夫莫敵」之刻板印象。本文更進一步指出，馬羅的敘事也是一種「表演」，亦暗藏陰謀。 第一節將探討吉姆、布朗、與馬來族群間的陰謀互動。當白人「表演」刻板的「英雄」角色之際，馬來人並非都是沉默的受害者：他們有時也「反表演」，假裝溫馴，圖謀白人的潰敗。 第二節將討論馬羅與家鄉朋友之間的陰謀。藉書信和口述，馬羅輾轉向家鄉朋友道出吉姆一事的真相：馬羅修正對吉姆的看法，認同其海外的征戰，隱約鞏固吉姆「英雄」的角色。

This paper will discuss conspiracy and performance in Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim. It argues that Patusan provides Jim with “the fabulous value of the bargain” which enables him to rehabilitate through political and territorial conquest. Moreover, this paper will show that Jim’s case provides Marlow and the privileged man with an opportunity to conspiratorially reconfigure their metropolitan vision. Section One will discuss the conspiracies among Jim, Brown, the Patusan inhabitants. While “the white men” conspiratorially perform their stereotypical identity as the mighty “lord,” the Patusan people also counter-perform—they perform their docile identity in order to defeat “the white men”. Section Two will then focus on the conspiracy between Marlow and the privileged man. It will show that it is through the dissemination of Jim’s story that Marlow re-evaluates Jim’s overseas conquest and thus endorses Jim’s “heroic” role.