Heart of Darkness
The setting was in African Jungle in Congo. Trading was the mission involved. One of the themes in this story focused on colonialism. Colonialism initiated by the whites to the natives, literary to exposed the world of civilization, but in reality the colonists were exploiting the weakness of others in an evil and violent way.
Darkness resembled evil and terror. The journey to the station showed the cruelty and violence made by Kurtz. Creepy and terrifying surroundings illustrated the inhuman commotions done by the colonists. Darkness also referred to the color of skin of the natives. The darkness of their skin was always mentioned, for example, ‘mostly black and naked, moving about like ants’.
‘The Horror’ which was uttered by Kurtz before he died enlightened us of how people were haunted by their own wrongdoing regardless of their superior and class.
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