[copied and pasted from previous cmt on contrasting elements] The two main contrasting elements I see are light and darkness. Marlow's journey has both pros and cons due to what he is experiencing and what has occurred. Marlow's choice of going to Africa is because of curiosity and the fact that he ...

The two main contrasting elements I see are light and darkness. Marlow's journey has both pros and cons due to what he is experiencing and what has occurred. Marlow's choice of going to Africa is because of curiosity and the fact that he wants to explore, is good yet bad. Now that it is happening, t...

I think the title, Heart of Darkness, represents both aspects of good and bad throughout Marlow's adventure. It has less to do with skin color( which many thinks Conrad is racist) and more to do with culture, progress, lifestyle and general attitudes in a place of the world that is buffered for ever...

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