Uhhh okay, I posted earlier, but commonly recurring elements are corruption, manipulation, violence, darkness, and evil. Marlow himself actually demonstrates traits that oppose the common traits of the characters around him. The personalities of Marlow and Kurtz greatly contrast one another: Marlow ...

Oh, and the theme... Though I've stated it before, I think the theme is that all humans, simply by human nature, are capable of great evil, and in times that evil has gone unchecked. It ties to World History and many of the most horrible events that have taken place, from war, to genocide, to rape. ...

Motifs? Darkness, fear, despair, compassion, lack of compassion, decay, corruption, incompetence, violence, insanity... The only thing I wanted to note here is that most of Marlow's recurrently apparent traits are the exact opposite of what the other characters in the setting show. He shows a degree...

"Everything belonged to him-But that was a trifle. The thing was to know what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own." ----Page 126 It probably comes across as overly simplistic, but two contrasting elements I found are compassion and...well...lack of compass...

Thomas Hood wrote: "We are actors in the Play of History but don't write the script. Considering how unaware we are of ourselves, I don't see how events could have been otherwise." [Sorry, still not sure how quoting works on this site] I admit this has been taken out of context, but it mea...

This is Evan, from first period Of course, the term "heart of Darkness" has already been mentioned directly in the novel to refer to their journey as they move closer and closer to where Kurtz is, deeper into the "heart of darkness." Overlooking that single mention, though, I thi...

"The mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, valour, rage--who can tell?--but truth--truth stripped of its cloak of time. Let the fool gape and shudder--the man knows, and can...

Hmm....what happened to my last post? I'm Evan from first period. While many of the events in this book are still developing, for example, Marlow still has yet to meet Kurtz, I have heard that this is a story of corruption, evil, and an African genocide in particular. Before I read on, I just wanted...