... showing the savagery and the horror of the unknown. Conrad further explores this notion of dark and light symbolism through the infamous Mr. Kurtz. As one gets deeper into the story, Conrad breaks apart the common uses of symbolism and transforms these ideas into more complex and personal meanings. ... of hot desire; but by all the stars! There were strong, lusty, red-eyed devils, that swayed and drove men - men, I tell you. But as I stood on this hillside, I foresaw that in the blinding sunshine of that land I would become acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of a rapac...

• Word Count: 1049
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... biases of colonialism create a sense of dehumanization. Conrad describes Africa through the perspective of Marlow who tend to depict all the natives as savages. Many existing elements align themselves with colonialist discourses of savagery and brutality, particularly its representations of black African characters. The Congolese ... to their movements, which are characterized as wild and irrational. While he is in the jungle, Marlow discovers a death pit literally an open grove where local people go to die. He describes the men there saying: "Black shapes crouched, lay, sat between th...

• Word Count: 1173
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate