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Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

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Heart of Darkness Questions on Inner Station

Heart of Darkness

In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the three stations symbolize stages in Marlow's psychological and moral journey through colonial Africa. The Outer Station represents the chaos and futility of...

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Heart of Darkness

Marlow first observes a landscape of decay and neglect at the Outer Station, encountering abandoned machinery like a boiler and a railway truck, which resemble dead animals. He also notices a...

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