An overriding series of symbols in Heart of Darkness is the ongoing contrast of white and black, dark and light, and respectively holding representations of good and evil. ... However, Conrad often depicts many things usually associated with light to be dark in coincidence with the glittering light shed on dark images. ... (Conrad 18) Furthermore, Conrad's frequent symbolic combination of life and death is a parallel to light and dark, echoing the fact that the two must exist simultaneously - there cannot be without the other. ... Kurtz is symbolic of inner darkness that lies deep with...

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However, in the novel, Heart or Darkness, Conrad uses the journey both in its literal and figurative meanings. ... Death is omnipresent and this is reflected in the death imagery used to describe the cities of Brussels and London, the Congo region and Kurtz' station. ... Marlow has to face the darkness within, very much the same thing that Kurtz fell victim to. Kurtz could not control the greed and the darkness inside of him, and it ultimately led him to become a greedy imperialist, simply controlling the weaker Africans that he was surrounded by. Marlow has to face this darkness with...

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Marlow, the main character in Heart of Darkness, often recognizes the Europeans' dehumanization of the Africans. ... As He descends further down the hill he comes to a gloomy place--what he calls the "Grove of Death" (Conrad 30). ... The accountant is so agitated by the interruptions that he says, "when one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages--hate them to death" (Conrad 32). ... As Willard journeys up the River, he takes a parallel journey into the darkness of his own mind. ... The Accountant is blinded by the dark chaos that surrounds the camp, and simi...

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It can be said that a certain degree of darkness lies within every person, but this darkness will not surface unless given the correct environment. The darkness, however, can emerge and ultimately destroy the person if not checked by reason. Eventually we find out that both Dorian, from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Kurtz, from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, are defeated by their darkness and fall prey to its wrath. ... At the beginning of the novel Marlow begins his descent into the Congo, which presents a dark image of death and suffering. ... Due to Kurtz&#...

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Dark-Haired. ... Dark eyebrows, but one higher than the other. ... John was so obsessing in his present that he didn't notice manipulations of the dark mister. ... After getting signature dark angel disappeared. John didn't know what he signed, he didn't know that to make the present of ten years of his life was condemn on his death. ...

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In The Tell Tale Heart the main theme is death. ... Because Poe grew up around death, it is his most often used theme. Poe had a wrong perception of death because as a young child he watched his mom play Juliet who dies in every play plus his mother died for real. ... Since Poe is going after his one goal of terrorizing the reader he sets his stories in dark, claustrophobic spaces or outside at midnight. In The Tell Tale Heart the story is set in a small dark room. ...

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Once he enters the room the action increases and keeps increasing until the end of the story, and he is surprised at how dark and gloomy it is inside. ... His fiancée is connected to his death since she played a role in the decision to write the friend. ... The father is connected to his death because he is the one who actually sentences Georg to his death, and the friend is connected to his death because the father used him as an outlet to show his hate for Georg. ... Ultimately the death of Georg is caused by the transformation he goes through after deciding to tell his friend of his...

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All quiet on the Western Front is a book by Erick Maria Remarque. It takes place during World War I on the French Front. Paul Baumer is a boy of 19 years, who voluntarily joined the Army with several of his friends after hearing a patriotic speech given at his school. Paul and his friends realize...

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After a week of living like a king, Paul is out of money, and he realizes that he must either return to the depression and monotony of Cordelia Street or escape permanently into death. ... Winter can be used to symbolize coldness and death, which is how this story ends. ... Weather demonstrates exhilaration of light and warmth as opposed to the depression of darkness, cold, and snow. ...

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Some Jews, especially the Jewish priests, are portrayed as some greedy and evil mobs that won't hesitate to put Jesus to death for their own benefits. ... The beating and torture are applied to a person who never fights back, and whom we are so familiar with, making us feel guilty while watching the whole process safely and comfortably in the dark air-conditioned theatres. ...

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After only a mere moment, I felt as if a coldness hade come over me, and I craved for the dark and cold that so many before me hardened themselves with, so as to deny God. ... Their sad story of a forbidden left a loved one dead and them responsible for a death. ...

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