The Struggle For Dominance In Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness
In the novella “Heart of Darkness” written by Joseph Conrad, he uses literary devices such as imagery, tone, shifts, and theme to display a struggle for dominance in the “Heart of Darkness.” By using those literary devices Conrad goes more into depth by showing Marlow’s strength and willingness to make his people and their city a positive living environment rather than an unstable situation. Conrad conveys such an exuberant tone by showing the reader how excited Marlow was when he was going to get his position. For instance, when Conrad says “This was chance and it made me the more anxious to go,” (Conrad 14) which showed how eager he was to take his position finally because he did not think the others were doing a fine job. He also mentions
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Conrad shows Marlow’s yearning for this position by capturing what Marlow says “has been one of the dark places of the earth,” (Conrad 11) which means that Marlow saw how out of control that place was and wanted to change things. Another problem that Marlow noticed was when Conrad mentioned “The earth seemed unearthly. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster,” (Conrad 37) by saying this we the readers understand that the Heart of Darkness was just more than changed, but under some type of mental damnation because of Conrad’s diction when he used the word “unearthly,” and when Conrad says “no man was safe from trouble in this world” (Conrad 39) which also gave Marlow more determination to save his people. He often found himself doing more than needed because of the work that was promised was never accomplished. Marlow also felt superior to others, because of the work, time, and effort he put into saving his people because of the road he saw they were headed down. Now based on others opinion, such as Conrad he saw that their living environment was “basically criminal” and “a necessary condition of organized living” which meant the people was well used to their living conditions and
Conrad shows Marlow’s yearning for this position by capturing what Marlow says “has been one of the dark places of the earth,” (Conrad 11) which means that Marlow saw how out of control that place was and wanted to change things. Another problem that Marlow noticed was when Conrad mentioned “The earth seemed unearthly. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster,” (Conrad 37) by saying this we the readers understand that the Heart of Darkness was just more than changed, but under some type of mental damnation because of Conrad’s diction when he used the word “unearthly,” and when Conrad says “no man was safe from trouble in this world” (Conrad 39) which also gave Marlow more determination to save his people. He often found himself doing more than needed because of the work that was promised was never accomplished. Marlow also felt superior to others, because of the work, time, and effort he put into saving his people because of the road he saw they were headed down. Now based on others opinion, such as Conrad he saw that their living environment was “basically criminal” and “a necessary condition of organized living” which meant the people was well used to their living conditions and