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Heart of Darkness - Coggle Diagram
Heart of Darkness
plot
The story is told by a sailor called Marlow who works for a Belgian company involved in the ivory trade in Congo;
during his work in Kongo, Marlow felt disappointed by inefficiency and the cruelty of colonial exploitation
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he meets Kurtz, who is a company agent. He is ill and he dies during the journey
Returned tu Belgium, Marlow tells Kurtz's girlfriend about what happened
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the meaning of the novel
the story is a mythical journey in search of the self. Marlow does not trangress his limits and he is humble and rational
"darkness" can be death, solitude, alienation and the lack of goodness and civility
historical context
Conrad wrote it during colonial imperialism of King Leopold II of Belgium in Congo. His agents exploted local people
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structure and style
the story is introduced by an anonymous narrator, then Marlow becomes the internal narrator.
There are a lot of shifts backwards and forwards