Mine My Precious The novel Heart of Darkness is a montage of many political and social themes appropriate to Joseph Conrad's era. ... Joseph Conrad's depiction of the common European male exposes the extent of the denial involved with Imperialism. ... "And it is precisely those desires, repressions, investments, and projections' that Heart of Darkness exposes in the discourses of imperialism."" ... The same can be said of Marlow's experience in Heart of Darkness although Conrad uses several tactics to avoid his experiences being directly linked with the experience of hi...

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Throughout his narrative in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Charlie Marlow has a chance to encounter the indigenous peoples of Africa. ... The first recognition of this embodiment is the ways in which the Congolese are personified as "a treacherous appeal to the lurking death, to the hidden evil, to the profound darkness of its heart" (Conrad 33) and their faces as the face of a gloomy forest. ... They are considered traitorous creatures that are gradually becoming the symbol of darkness and beginning to betray their masters – the Europeans. ... As these passages help ...

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Since Joseph Conrad explores topics of profound depth in Heart of Darkness, he frequently uses silence to convey what mere words cannot, symbolizing inexpressible concepts that exist only within the heart of man. ... By referencing the nascence of the world, Conrad suggests that "an implacable force" and "an inscrutable intention" have existed forever. ... The silence therefore symbolizes the unspeakable internal darkness that Marlow glimpses as he nears the Inner Station. With silence, Conrad delves into ideas that extend beyond the realm of rudimentary explanation. ... Alternately sy...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate