An Analysis Of "Heart Of Darkness"
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Joseph Conrad, in his long-short story, "Heart of Darkness," tells the
tale of two mens' realization of the hidden, dark, evil side of themselves.
Marlow, the "second" narrator of the framed narrative, embarked upon a
spiritual adventure on which he witnessed firsthand the wicked potential in
everyone. On his journey into the dark, for ....
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.... out to darkest Africa. Yet, as lately as Roman times, London's
own river led, like the Congo, into a barbarous hinterland where the Romans
went to make their profits. Soon darkness fell over London, while the
ships that bore "civilization" to remote parts appeared out of the dark,
carrying darkness with them, different only in kind to the darkness they
encounter.
These thoughts and feelings were merely part of the tale, for Conrad
had ....
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Number of words: 1341
Number of pages: 5 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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