A title can also help to convey a certain theme or motif and Heart of Darkness is no exception. ... This direct reference to the title implies that the heart of the jungle is a place of darkness, a center of evil. ... After his death, Marlow visits Kurtz's Intended, feels the presence of Kurtz and hears "the beating of a heart- the heart of conquering darkness" (Conrad 125). This reference to the novella's title shows that Kurtz's heart and soul were a focus of darkness within him. ... The second reveals imperialism as the heart of corruption in Europe, and the last shows Ku...

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Abstract This paper introduces and discusses the book "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad. ... Women in "Heart of Darkness" play an important and distinctive role in the tale. They represent civilization (and the lack of it) far away in the jungles of Africa, where the "darkness" lies in wait for every man. ...

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Heart of Darkness is a novel that depicts the adventure of one man. ... Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a tale that can be read as an adventure story about the jungle, or, on a deeper level, a story that examines the evils of society. ... This novel has two specific settings that contrast the dark tone of the taboo heart of Africa to the lighter tone of a familiar European river. ... The darkness seems to be everywhere. ... Heart of Darkness brings this to light perfectly. ...

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Heart of Darkness, and the nature of the novel form, makes it easier to describe Marlow's situation. ... This image is almost a match with the cover of Penguin's edition of Heart of Darkness. ... This is very useful when studying Heart of Darkness as the novel tells of such occurrences in past tense and little detail. ... In this aspect, the appropriation of the film is vital for studying Heart of Darkness. ... The study of the two however, will never be able to recreate the experience of reading Heart of Darkness in 1902 or watching Apocalypse now in 1979. ...

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She leaves her inhibition in the dust by proclaiming openly the passion of her heart. ... In the novel, Edna sheds her fazade and decides to follow her heart's desire. ... However, an encounter with the charming Robert Lebrun ignites the hidden passion locked in Edna's heart: a passion so intense that it reduces Edna to tears in the darkness of night. ... A war erupts within her: a battle between head and heart. ... In the ultimate decision, Edna follows the path of her blazing heart's desire. ...

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After this, Emil divides the world into two crude categories: the light and the dark. ... His struggle between the forces of good and evil are represented by the realms of light and darkness, as well as by the people he meets during his life. ... A classic bully, Kromer introduces Emil to the world of darkness with simple blackmail. ... Emil said, "Once again, I belonged wholly to the dark world, to the Devil, and in that world I counted as a great guy." ... Golding, much like Hesse, sees evil as existing within the hearts of men, and explores what happens when a person is removed from al...

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While Dimmesdale awaited her appeal, he placed his hand over his heart "a habit the reader will recognize further through the novel. ... Unlike Hester, however, he has no audience, and even if someone were to see him, they would not recognize him in the darkness. ...

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Briar Rose Book Review Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a heart-wrenching story of Sleeping Beauty intertwined with the horrors of World War II. ... Briar Rose is a novel with a very dark theme. ... A quote that depicts the dark theme of the novel is: ""Five thousand corpses?" ...

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Chillingworth affirms that men who don't reveal their sins " deceive themselves They fear to take up the shame that rightfully belongs to them their zeal for God's service, these holy impulses may or may not coexist in their hearts with the evil inmates" (122). ... Hawthorne describes the physician's intentions with Arthur Dimmesdale mentioning he " strove to go deep into his patient's bossom, delving among his principles, prying into his recollections, and probing everything with a cautious touch, like a treasure-seeker in a dark cavern" (114). ... Therefore, Hawthorne&#...

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Didactic Fiction in Alcott's Little Women And Barrie's Peter Pan On the surface, children's literature appears to be very straightforward and light-hearted, failing to carry within a particular story any deeper inherent meaning "the language is simplistic, there's a limited viewpoint, and characters oftentimes are portrayed as caricatures. ... To deal with the darker sides of life, Alcott teaches her young readers to develop the spiritual self, similar to the Transcendentalist movement, to which her father was a part of (Showalter, viii). ... The point Alcott is ...

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Character Analysis of Jack In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack represents the evil that is inherent in man's heart and the struggle for self-importance. ... He wished for them to be hunters that could fulfill his dark agenda. ... Evil is inherent in man's heart, and if given enough time without the social constraints of civilization this evil will replace innocence. ...

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Lord of the Flies The main conflict in Lord of the Flies is one that each of us feel everyday. The conflict between being moral, being peaceful and living by the rules, or gain supremacy over a group by acting brutal. Most people in today's world possess good instincts due to laws, rules and r...

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Although in the novel Zeena is described as a cold and cold hearted women which is reflected on her environment, as when she is in the home it is described as a cold, dark place. Although to some extent this sense that Ethan's home is in fact cold and dark, due to poverty. ... The conflict does not stem from within Ethan's own heart - his feelings for Mattie never waver. ...

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The Yaya's in the novel are very spunky and could out-do any city folk, but they are Southern girls at heart suggesting that Rebecca Wells is too. ... Both always have been and always will be Southern girl at heart.... When she tells the reporter Vivi's mistakes she never means to bring dark clouds back, she simply admits that her mother was not as perfect as she appeared. ... Vivi knew in her heart that what she read in the newspaper article was true, but she had trouble admitting that she was not the perfect mother to her daughter. ...

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Also, the spiritual darkness of the house can be seen in how an Aboriginal man who enters the library immediately flees the house, even leaving the firewood he was about to sell as "Lest saw his eyes suddenly widen something clicked in the man's throat. ... This upbringing has hardened her, and this can be seen in how even when she is making love for the first time with Toby, her hardness has been ingrained into the "recesses of her heart" and also in how she hates her mother. ... Besides this, the fact that "The spirits on the wall are fading, fading, finally being forced on their way t...

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"They ain't afraid of the dark. ... Or lose-" "They"d build a ship-" The three boys stood in the darkness, striving unsuccessfully to convey the majesty of adult life. ... To prove that all order is lost and there is only pure chaos on the island after Piggy's death, the hunters try to kill Ralph and he collapses on the beach in exhaustion, then he "wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy." ...

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His cramped, ill-furnished, and dark living space is the scene of his recovery and other degrading realizations. ... The dark and gloomy physical setting lays out the mood for Dostoevsky's novel, incorporating a feeling of utter desolation in the reader. ... The home is indeed where the heart is, an undoubtedly true expression in Dostoevsky's novel. ...

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This not only shows Santiago's dark side because of the actual molestation, but using "tamed" shows how lowly he thought of Divina, using a word that is associated with animals. ... This is display Santiago as a truly good person at heart. ...

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"And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."" ...

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Lord of the Flies*(Underline title of Book~!*) Lord of the Flies,is a story about several young boys who left England during an atomic war at an unspecified time in the future. These boys land on an island in a passenger tube which manages to drop off the flaming airplane. The island is much lik...

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Her patience made Grant's "blindness" and selfishness more bearable, and so, she found in her heart, the love to turn this resentment into compassion and understanding. ... At first, he stormed out of the room ready to leave, but when he turned back, away from the darkness and back into Vivian's arms, we know that Grant decided to take her teaching to heart and to care more deeply about her. ...

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The tone of the novel is darkly comic, sly, and intellectual. ... However, HumbertHumbert, in telling his story, uses puns, literary allusions, and repeating linguistic patterns to render this dark tale in an enchanting form. ...

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The noble bust, the sloping shoulders, the graceful neck, the dark eyes and black ringlets her face was like her mother's; a youthful unfurrowed likeness: the same low brow, the same high features, the same pride" (147). ... When bertha is described her entire being based on appearance is confused, "What it was, whether beast of human being, one could not, at first sight, tell: it groveled, seemingly, on all fours; it snatched and growled like some strange wild animal: but it was covered with clothing; and a quantity of dark, grizzled hair, wild as a mane, hid its head and face...

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However, some people think that he neglected his dark vision for the "idyllic and more traditional western romance, but it seems apparent that Mr. ... As found in the book most the women in John Grady Cole's life had been ones to break his heart or cause his dreams to be slowed down such as when his mother sold the ranch, or when the grandaunt would not let her grandniece see John, and also when Alenjandra would not marry John. ...

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It is like he punishing everyone in his life and surroundings because of his hard life and his broken heart that Catherine damaged. ... The way Heathcliff is described shows him as a dark horse where he is kept away from society so nobody knows much about him. ...

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