Heart Of Darkness Literary Devices
Joseph Conrad's “The Heart of Darkness” takes place on the deck of the Nellie. Marlow begins to tell his story about the time he ventured out on a steamboat up the Congo River. He discovers “The Company”, a larger ivory trading firm and there witnesses tragedy, corruption, waste, and chaos. It “has been one of the darkest places of earth” (Conrad 5) Marlow said once. After, Marlow stumbles upon the introduction of the “ Marvelous” Mr, Kurtz, The Company’s best agent. Marlow initiates the repair of the broken down ship, he begins to notice the people around him and their dreams of mass wealth along with the possession of all ivory. As his journey goes about Marlow beholds what happens when power and rise in status reaches the hands of evil.
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Conrad uses devices such as anaphora, symbolism and imagery. “When the sun rose there was a white fog, very warm and clammy, and more blinding than the night” (Conrad 44) He mentioned, the fog, which creates imagery of literal darkness and obscurity throughout his journey. “I think the knowledge came to him at last–only at the very last. But the wilderness had found him out early, and had taken on him a terrible vengeance for the fantastic invasion. I think it had a whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude – and the whisper had proved irresistibly fascinating. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core….” (Conrad 67). Conrad repeats “It” emphasizing an inhumane abstract phenomenon who speaks to kurtz. Symbolism is shown as Conrad claims that something had taken terrible vengeance, something that whispered things to him, something that “echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core….” (Conrad 67) meaning that “It” meant someone only kurtz could see and hear, the voices that whispered to him was the evil that lurked inside of his mind which also changed soul. “He was hollow at the core” (Conrad 67) symbolizes that “It” had atrociously changed the man that once used to be
Conrad uses devices such as anaphora, symbolism and imagery. “When the sun rose there was a white fog, very warm and clammy, and more blinding than the night” (Conrad 44) He mentioned, the fog, which creates imagery of literal darkness and obscurity throughout his journey. “I think the knowledge came to him at last–only at the very last. But the wilderness had found him out early, and had taken on him a terrible vengeance for the fantastic invasion. I think it had a whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude – and the whisper had proved irresistibly fascinating. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core….” (Conrad 67). Conrad repeats “It” emphasizing an inhumane abstract phenomenon who speaks to kurtz. Symbolism is shown as Conrad claims that something had taken terrible vengeance, something that whispered things to him, something that “echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core….” (Conrad 67) meaning that “It” meant someone only kurtz could see and hear, the voices that whispered to him was the evil that lurked inside of his mind which also changed soul. “He was hollow at the core” (Conrad 67) symbolizes that “It” had atrociously changed the man that once used to be