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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But she resists that temptation and becomes aware of an alternative when she sees the horses, in which the forces of darkness that break down distinctions exist in polarity with their individuality: "Their great haunches were smoothed and darkened with rain. But the darkness and wetness of rain could not put out the hard, urgent massive fire that was locked within these flanks, never, never" (Chap. 16). ... No reader of The Rainbow and Women in Love can ignore the constant use of the words "dark" and "darkness" in these novels. ... The reader might at first be confused as to whether Lawrence t...

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Other novels that have been written from a narrative point of view, such as "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad, can still be considered credible because the bias of the author is not as prevalent in the story. In "Heart of Darkness," the reader knows what the author's opinion of the matter is, but it is not the predominant theme. ... Other narrative and historical stories, such as "Heart of Darkness," could replace "Beloved" on reading lists because the bias is less outspoken, giving these novels more credibility than "Beloved." ... Placing novels with a less predominant bias, such as...

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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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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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The humour in Captain Corelli's Mandolin is intertwined gently into the novel from the start as light-hearted comedy. ... This chapter demonstrates how humour is changed to suit the tone of the situation, from light(the argument with the engineer), to dark(the engineer's ironic death), and returning to light humour again(Corelli being dug out of the trench). ...

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