In Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," his form of storytelling is widely seen through the use of symbolism. Conrad's character, Marlow, describes Europe and the Europeans using white and light; depicting their civility. Marlow describes Africa and Africans in terms of blackness and darkness, showing the savagery and the horror of the unknown. Conrad further explores this notion ... power and money driven. The map that Marlow sees in the company offices shows the continent with "blotches of color, a lot of blue, a little green, smears of orange, a purple patch, to show where the jolly pione...

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... and Africa have changed in his lifetime "it had got filled since my boyhood with rivers and lakes and names. It had ceased to be a blank space of delightful mystery- a white patch for a boy to dream gloriously over. It had become a place of darkness" (Conrad 11). In the context of this statement darkness represents the experiences of Marlow in the Congo and ... ...

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