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Heart of Darkness
by
Joseph Conrad
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Section 1 Summary
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Themes
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Themes: All Themes
Themes: Literal Darkness as Internal Darkness
Themes: The Sins of Imperialism
Themes: Loneliness and Alienation
Themes: Journey of Self-Understanding and Societal Meaning
Themes: Voyage into the Collective Unconscious
Themes: Alienation and Loneliness
Themes: Deception
Themes: Order and Disorder
Themes: Sanity and Insanity
Themes: Duty and Responsibility
Themes: Doubt and Ambiguity
Themes: Race and Racism
Themes: Violence and Cruelty
Themes: Moral Corruption
Themes: Colonialism
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Marlow
Kurtz
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Characters
Marlow
Kurtz
The Manager
Marlow's Aunt
The Harlequin
The Russian
Symbolism
Darkness
Ivory
Heart of Darkness
Congo River
Themes
Colonialism
Corruption
Imperialism
Greed
Civilization vs. Savagery
Power
Gender Roles
Plot
Beginning
Ending
Helmsman's Death
Inner Station
Native Attack
Part 3
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I Laid the Ghost of His Gifts at Lasts With a Lie
And This Also, Said Marlow Suddenly, Has Been One of the Dark Places of the Earth
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Frame Story
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Unreliable Narrator
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Marlow
Frame Story
Unnamed Narrator
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Congo River
The River
Inner Station
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Historical Context
Colonialism
Genre
Modernism
