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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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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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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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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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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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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In the short story, the author uses the images of light and darkness to illustrate the theme of man's painful quest for an identity (Murray 354). ... Also, he believes that "music touches the heart without words" (357). According to Christopher Freeburg, "What is interesting about Baldwin's notion of the historical trap is the relationship between changing laws of white society and changing hearts or moral consciousness" (222). ...

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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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Silas Marner: What do you think George Eliot wanted to illustrate through the pattern of Silas' moral journey in Silas Marner'? At the start of the novel, Silas Marner is a valuable member of the community in a village called Lantern Yard. He is a kind, honest man who has a great faith in God. S...

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For 84 days he didn't catch a single fish, but he did not lose his heart. ... He goes "out into the clean early morning smell of the ocean," hearing "the trembling sound as flying fish left the water and the hissing that their stiff set wings made as they soared away in the darkness," and "He was rowing steadily." ...

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