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Heart of Darkness meaning of title (Blind (Darkness we're blind =…
Heart of Darkness meaning of title
Reveals everyone's darker's thoughts& beliefs
Blind
Darkness we're blind = accentuates our senses
Failing to see what needs cf K's madness, loneliness fail see others
Literal Darkness in both places
Fog in Africa
Night in London
Descent into a dark mind
Kurtz
shrunken head, lightening, escalation of violence
Worshipping rituals when dies, godlike
Marlow
Used to violence
Progressive understanding of who Kurtz is
Decision be K's friend
Passive -> Active?
"This is the whole difference; perhaps all wisdom, and all truth, and all sincerity, are just compressed into that inappreciable moment of time in which we step over the threshold of the invisible."
Metaphorically & spirituality cf woman at the end blonde & light skin but dark
Dehumanise
Company enslaves natives = put them down - subhumans
K by Natives = elevated K "his ascendency was extraordinary", + than hu - too much freedom - alterhuman