... piece of symbolism, which contains many different meanings: "The heart of darkness' serves both as an image of the interior workings of the mind of a man, which are dark and foreign to all observers. The literal journey into the jungle is a metaphor, or a symbol, for the journey into the uncharted human soul. On another level, the voyage into the wilderness can be read as a voyage back to ... as metaphor for sin and redemption. (Telegen 98) Here the several different meanings of the novel are clearly stated and supported by different events which take place during the journey. The story...

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... . Because of Golding's loss of faith in mankind, the boys experience the harsh realities of the human condition. "Ralph wept for the loss of innocence, the darkness of man's heart -. The boys fall from innocence represents the loss of innocence of all mankind that Golding saw during the war. Golding's own experiences with the inner darkness of man are clearly reflected in the actions and thoughts of his characters. Joseph Conrad's experiences ... closed eyelids-. The destruction of the illusions that various people had for Kurtz symbolize the absence of those characteristics from the hum...

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... changed; we can safely assume that before his trip in Africa, back in London, he would have been horrified by the mere mention of cannibalism, and now he respects these cannibals more 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 ... definition I was to hear? There had been enemies, criminals, workers - and these were rebels. Those rebellious heads looked very subdued to me on their sticks.""(p 84) The Europeans fondness for mislabeling is only...

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