Themes-+Emine


 * Sensory descriptions throughout provide a sense of cohesion
 * Darkness (ie.Symbolism) – is this a darkness we are afraid to adress? (Man’s true innerself is a heart of darkeness)
 * ** THEMES: **
 * **Hypocrisy of Imperialism:** “trade”=(rhetoric of colonialism
 * Marlow’s aunt talks about “civilisation of the natives” = in contrary to the torture and dehumanization of natives
 * **Madness as a result of Imperialism:** Africa causes mental disintegration
 * Kurtz’s madness is relative within the context of “the company”
 * **Absurdity of Evil :** ridiculus situation Marlow encounters contextualises the novels :
 * Man with bucket with hole
 * Blasting of hole for no reason
 * **Observation and eavesdropping:** Marlow watches the world around him and tries to make sense.
 * Shows the impossibility of direct conversation / Lack of direct communication
 * **Interiors and Exteriors:** Marlow’s attempt to penetrate the inner station symbolises his attempt to reach into the “heart of darkness”.
 * **Darkness:** Everything cloaked in darkness- difficult to know what it means (metaphorical) the inablitity to see (fog also sybolises this)