... passage down the river the forest becomes more and more impenetrable. The river is dark brown and just barely flowing, the forest becomes so thick right before they reach the inner station that the men aboard the steamer could not even see the savages that would soon ambush their boat. Once at the inner station the setting alters to that of infernal worship. Marlow in the beginning of the third part of the novel describes the setting ... represents the turning of the revolution which is taking place in the African Congo. The white men are continually trying to colonize the jungle so tha...

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• Grade Level: High School

... as soon as possible. However, trying to avoid this shocking sight, he stumbles onto one much worse: "Black shapes crouched, lay, sat between the trees leaning against the trunks, clinging to the earth, half coming out, half effaced within the dim light, in all the attitudes of pain, abandonment and despair- -They were dying slowly - it was very clear. They were not enemies, they were not criminals ... than his fellow Europeans. As they venture deeper into the heart of darkness, occasionally they spot natives engaged in primitive dancing. Marlow has a feeling of being lost on his tiny boat...

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• Grade Level: High School