Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad

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Group Presentation Assignment Julie Hergett, Sydney Boyachek, Badia Nehme & Rosie Daniels

Darkness

The Congo River Darkness Darkness The Human Condition

• Disregard for human life

• Lack of empathy

• A ‘darkness’ within everyone

The Congo River The Congo River

• Marlow’s psychological journey

• “the brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of darkness, bearing us towards the sea with twice the speed of our upward progress.” - page 176

The Congo River Speed of the journey

• Determination

• Struggles to understand situation

• Hesitation

• The river itself

The Congo River Around the River The River Itself

• Land • Snake • Fog • Divider • Brown current • Life

Bibliography

• Conrad, J. (2008). Heart of Darkness. In Heart of Darkness and Other Tales (pp. 101-187). New York, NY: Oxford University Press Inc. (Original work published 1990) • Deane, E. (2009, August 25). Darkness (Heart of Darkness) [Blog post]. Retrieved from heart of darkness website: http://emsap2.blogspot.ca/2009/08/ darkness-heart-of-darkness.html • Deane, E. (2009, August 25). The River (Heart of Darkness) [Blog post]. Retrieved from heart of darkness website: http://emsap2.blogspot.ca/2009/08/ river-heart-of-darkness.html • Heart of Darkness- Analysis- The Congo River [Blog post]. (2008, January 18). Retrieved from AP Language website: http://blogaplang.blogspot.ca/2008/01/ heart-of-darkness-analysis-congo-river.html • Heart of Darkness: Metaphor Analysis. (n.d.). Retrieved November 13, 2013, from Novelguide website: http://www.novelguide.com/heart-of-darkness/ metaphor-analysis • Significance of the Congo River in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. (n.d.). Retrieved November 13, 2013, from 123helpme website: http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=14566 • Symbols and Motifs. (2012, December). Retrieved November 13, 2013, from http://heartofdarknessproject.wordpress.com/symbols-and-motifs/ • Themes, Motifs & Symbols. (n.d.). Retrieved November 13, 2013, from SparkNotes website: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/heart/themes.html