This direct reference to the title implies that the heart of the jungle is a place of darkness, a center of evil. ... This also shows that imperialism is closely linked to the title as a symbol of darkness and evil. ... Interestingly the greatest symbol of darkness in the novel, Kurtz, is the product of the Company and Europe. ... His heart was full of the corruption and the evil of imperialism. ... The first interpretation of the motif shows the Congo as being the figurative heart of darkness, a center of evil. ...

• Word Count: 937
• Approx Pages: 4

Conrad uses this contrast to enhance the theme of innate evil and every man. ... Europeans have a clear and working government, and its society is the symbol of productivity and modernism. ... Conrad as many different levels of his meaning, that every man harbors a sense of hate and evil. ... The theme is that every man as evil but in a controlled situation, such as Europe, this evil is usually repressed. Africa allows for the release of this evil and the primitive nature of man. ...

• Word Count: 379
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Marlow symbolizes the positiveness of Imperialism but realizes the evil that the negative Imperialism has caused and decides that it's unnecessary to go through so much evilness. ... This means that he symbolizes Europe towards the end of the imperialism when they began to recognize their actions as evil, disrespectful and harmful. ... He does this by using different characters as different symbols and he expresses his views through Marlow. ... He also makes us think that he believes that in Imperialism, Europe, the oppressor are too arrogant and evil to deal with such people as the na...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Kurtz resembles the archetypal "evil genius": the highly gifted but ultimately degenerate individual whose fall is the stuff of legend. ... Kurtz can be criticized in the same terms that Heart of Darkness is sometimes criticized: style entirely overrules substance, providing a justification for amorality and evil. ... His perverse honesty leads to his downfall, as his success threatens to expose the evil practices behind European activity in Africa. ...

• Word Count: 3088
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When I first started reading Season of Migration to the North, I wondered why the narrator was only speaking of Mustafa Sa'eed and nothing of himself. I have realized that a main point in this book is Mustafa Sa'eed's domination the white world, especially women. Mustafa was empty in the Arab ...

• Word Count: 2060
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School