One of the most alarming scenes occurs when the men aboard the fog-bound steamer hear a shrill cry from somewhere around them. Several times in the novel we see characters afraid, not of the darkness itself, but of that which potentially lies within it. But within the tale darkness operates in several ways.Īs any child knows, darkness symbolizes the unknown it gains its power from its ability to conceal things we are too frightened to face.
Marlow's tale begins and ends in literal darkness the setting of the novel is often dark, such as when the steamboat is socked in by fog or when Marlow retrieves Kurtz dark-skinned individuals inhabit the entire region and, of course, there is a certain philosophical darkness that permeates the work. Indeed, darkness seems to pervade the work.
Perhaps the strongest theme in the novel is that of darkness.
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