The Condition of Man in The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies "Man is a fallen being. ... In his book The Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad explores man's inner darkness as he travels through the Congo in search of another trader named Kurtz. ... The stories The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies, through their dark, hopeless, and horrible descriptions of life, present the common theme that man, at his heart, is an evil, violent, and "fallen- being. ... "Ralph wept for the loss of innocence, the darkness of man's heart -. ... Contemporary developments in world p...

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Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, is a complex narrative that challenges the reader on several levels. ... Marlow starts his tale at sunset, and as his story gets gloomier, so the evening grows gradually darker. ... Marlow begins to feel the touch of Darkness even more on his trip overland to the Central Station. ... The wilderness - the darkness - grows on him. ...

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