Some of the motifs that I've noticed are compassion, selfishness, darkness, confusion, and suppression. It all goes to show that human beings are capable of being virtuous and compassionate but are easily sidetracked towards greed and corruption; it is easier to do bad things than good. -KatherineC....

As I learn about Kurtz more and more, the two contrasting elements i found are hollowness and completeness. It seems to me that on the outside Kurtz seems to have everything; his ivory, his station, his river... etc, but his true self is hollow and insatiable. He constantly hunts for ivory to give h...

The " heart " of something usually means the center, which in this case it's the " Heart of Darkness." It can be said that from Marlow's point of view, Africa is a place where darkness and evil reign over the "savages" making them uncivilized and scary. But maybe the &q...

hey its katherine from 1st period.
From what I've read it seems like Marlow is getting closer to meeting Kurtz
I was a bit put of by the words he used such as " savages and niggers"