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    Heart of Darkness is in its entirety not an allegory. Its surface is too profound and meaningful to allow itself to be interpreted in more than two ways. There are however several parts in the novel that hint at the opposite and that prove that the context of the novel can be seen from more than one angle. This can mainly be perceived in the life of Mr. Kurtz‚ as his descent into madness can be seen as an allegory for the colonization and destruction of the African continent and its people by the

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    the earth.” This quote was spoken by Marlow. The quote signifies the beginning of Marlow’s story‚ and the pretense to his vivid recollection of his journey. Marlow is referring to his current surroundings because he is about to start his lengthy allegory. Basically‚ Marlow begins by telling the other sailors that every place was at one point unexplored and uninhabited.     2. “We live in the flicker…may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling.” This quote was spoken by Marlow. The “flicker”

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    we still study Heart of Darkness? Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad in 1899. It is still studied today as it is considered an exemplary moral text. It explores complex moral issues which are challenging for contemporary youths and demonstrates the effect that isolation can have on a person. Also‚ it reveals the nature of colonialism in Africa in the late nineteenth century making it significant from a historical and political perspective. Heart of Darkness is studied for

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    Duţă Professor Dr. Carmen-Adina Ciugureanu/ Lecturer Dr. Florian Andrei Vlad Romanian-English‚ Second Year 13 May 2014 Notes on the title of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness It makes good sense to suggest that a title is conventionally chosen to represent the main idea of a novella‚ to correlate with a theme or motif. Heart of Darkness is no exception. Published in 1902‚ the novella illustrates the mentality and the culture of the white people at that time. They were confident in themselves and

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    he must distinguish which parts of the text are coherent in his adaptation of the novella and the audience’s reaction to it. Coppola chose to retain the main themes of Heart of Darkness. The criticizing and mocking of imperialism was a prevalent theme that surfaced throughout Apocalypse Now. For instance in Heart of darkness‚ Marlow exemplifies the basis of imperialism. "The conquest of the earth‚ which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter

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    Heart of Darkness Irony of situation plays a major role in the shaping of events in the novel Heart of Darkness. For instance Joseph Conrad does not use light as a symbol for bringing knowledge and truth to a situation; rather he uses light as an indication of a hidden truth. These occurrences include “There was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine. The long stretches of waterway ran on‚ deserted‚ into the gloom of overshadowed distances. (Conrad 30)” This shows the feelings that Marlow is having

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    The heart of darkness The Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has claimed that Heart of Darkness is an “offensive and deplorable book” that “set[s] Africa up as a foil to Europe‚ as a place of negations at once remote and vaguely familiar‚ in comparison with which Europe’s own state of spiritual grace will be manifest.” Achebe says that Conrad does not provide enough of an outside frame of reference to enable the novel to be read as ironic or critical of imperialism. Based on the evidence in the text

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    It has been speculated that Joseph Conrad‚ author of the novella Heart of Darkness‚ was a racist. Heart of Darkness takes place in Africa‚ in the late nineteenth century. The main character is Marlow‚ a Caucasian man from Belgium who is sent to work for an ivory company in Africa. Conrad depicts Marlow as a moderate man working for this company. The language and tone that Conrad uses to depict the native Africans in Heart of Darkness makes it clear that Joseph Conrad was‚ in fact‚ a racist.  Conrad

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    Juxtaposition is one of the many literary element used in emphasis of a concept or an idea. In the novel Heart of Darkness‚ Joseph Conrad juxtaposes the motifs of light and dark to emphasize the wickedness present throughout the book. Through juxtaposition‚ Conrad not only emphasizes the darkness in Africa but also intensifies the dark hearts of the Europeans. The major darkness in the novel is the land of Africa itself. When Marlow first makes his way upstream with his crew‚ he describes the

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