... , a great silence, an impenetrable forest." (Conrad 59) The action of travel upriver is another instance of the African environment trying to halt the progress of the whites while traveling downstream gives them a quick way out of the "darkness" and back to civilization. This alludes to Kurtz and his "choice of nightmares." "The brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of darkness, bearing us down towards the sea with twice the speed of our upward progress; and Kurtz ... . "One evening coming in with a candle I was startled to hear him say a little tremulously, 'I am lying here in the d...

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... stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest.? (Conrad 59) The action of travel upriver is another instance of the African environment trying to halt the progress of the whites while traveling downstream gives them a quick way out of thedarkness? and back to civilization. This alludes to Kurtz and hischoice of nightmares.? "The brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of darkness, bearing us down towards the sea with twice the speed of our upward progress; and Kurtz ... . "One evening coming in with a candle I was startled to hear him say a little tremulously, 'I am lying here in th...

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... well as dark and cold. "Dark human shapes could be made out in the distance, flitting indistinctly against the gloomy border of the forest (136)." This quote clearly states the dark style of Conrad's writing. More darkness is brought out in the first meeting of Kurtz and Marlow. "Fence post spears with human heads rest in the yard [of Kurtz] (153)."Kurtz passion for gore and other deviating tendencies reflects that ... he stayed they longer he realized the savage beast was present all over the so called "civilized" world. Theme: The darkness, the mysterious unknown, and opposing all pro...

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