![]() ![]() It is one of the ironical yet important symbols of “Heart of Darkness”. On the other hand, Europe has culminated Africa’s primitivism in order to make it a civilized country. However, now it has become a civilized country. In direct words, he tells us that Romans once ended the primitivism of Europe. Marlowe’s journey is a journey from civilization to primitivism. Light indicates civilization whereas darkness specifies primitivism. ![]() One has been painted as civilized and the other is uncivilized. It is called a journey from one colour to another (apparently from light to the heart of darkness), the symbolism of which has been used to describe two different nations. He goes to Africa and then ends his journey in Europe. Joseph Conrad has described the Thames River and Congo River as two distinct things. Marlowe describes his journey from darkness to light. However, when he separates darkness from the heart, it becomes another type of symbol. In this way, the writer interlinks “heart and darkness” with each other, which become the most important symbols of the novel. The heart also symbolises the core hence if darkness is a symbol of destruction then Africa is the core of destructed parts of the world due to the circumstances elaborated in the novel. ![]() If darkness means death then one can freely see it in Africa without any hurdle because of the same reason mentioned earlier. If darkness is dangerous then Africa is the most dangerous continent of the world because it becomes the heart of danger. Joseph Conrad also uses it for the same purpose. Artists have been using darkness as a symbol of death, destruction, decay, cruelty, danger and hopelessness for centuries. The novel is about a person who goes into the heart of darkness. If darkness is personified as the body then the heart is something that is the most important element of darkness. The heart is an important organ and is the most vital part of the body. Especially, those circumstances that he experienced during his visit to the darkest content of the world. He tells his own story and explains his circumstances. The direct meaning of “Heart of Darkness” is that it is the journey of a person named Marlowe but its symbols give it a new definition. The title of the novel is highly symbolic. Heart of Darkness Symbols | Motif of Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness | The Title: Following are some prominent symbols of “Heart of Darkness”. “Heart of Darkness” is an indirect attack on colonialism and Joseph Conrad made it possible only through symbols and meaning. Furthermore, it helps a person to know more about hidden meanings that are mentioned in a literary work. Readers should understand each and every symbol of the novel in order to get the real motif of the writer. Readers should go in depth to find real meanings of words and images that a writer describes in his work. The notion that a writer simply describes images through words to express something and they do not possess any hidden meanings is entirely wrong and one who believes in this notion is either not a student of literature or lacks rational understanding. It depends on the reader how he perceives their meanings. Words are just symbols that indicate something. In addition, the tone, mode, feelings of the characters, their actions, and description of their clothes and colours also contain many important symbols in “Heart of Darkness”. Some of them are words whereas the remaining are images. “Heart of Darkness” contains such symbols that have more than one literal meaning as the symbolism of fog is for dominant evil, the Congo River and its related parts symbolise both life and death and colour has been used for different purposes at different locations. Joseph Conrad is among those writers who use symbols both in words and in images. ![]()
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