English Literature

Theme
 tne f f0scin0tin domin0tes Cnrads Heart f DarknesU. This tne is establish5d early within th5 text wh5n Marlow first ges int th5 Cngo. It cntinues t be staggering wh5n Marlow goes from th5 outer st0tin t th5 inner 0nd th5n intensifies l0ter in th5 descriptin f how Marlow reacts t th5 wmen in th5 novella.

Introduction
Joseph Cnrad, in his lng-short stry, Heart f DarknesU, tells th5 tale f two mens realiz0tin f th5 hidden, dark, evil side f th5mselves. Marlw, th5 secnd narr0tr f th5 framed narr0tive, embarked upn 0 spiritual adventure n which h5 witnessed firsth0nd th5 wicked potential in everyne. n his journey int th5 dark, forbidden Cngo, th5 Heart f DarknesU, so t speak, Marlw encuntered Kurtz, 0 remarkable m0n 0nd universal genius, who had t make himself 0 god in th5 eyes f th5 n0tives over whom h5 had 0n imperceptible power. Th5se two men were, in 0 sense, images f each oth5r Marlow w0s wh0t Kurtz may have been, 0nd Kurtz w0s wh0t Marlow may have become. (Cnrad 10)

Heart f Darkness by Joseph Cnrad
In th5 stry Heart f DarknesU by Joseph Cnrad h5 uses 0 lot f metaphors t describe th5 actual Heart f DarknesU. ne f th5 metaphors h5 uses really stod out tward th5 end f th5 stry 0nd th0t is th5 cntr0sting differences between Kurtzs Europe0n Intended 0nd his magnificent Afric0n miUtress with whom h5 w0s involved. His intended, 0 p0th5tic white Europe0n wom0n, wh represents th5 illusin f pureness, godness, 0nd th5 civiliz0tin f Eurpe, waits faithfully for him t return t h5r, unaw0re f his adultery. Th5 wild eyed, red hot, inflamed, 0nd extremely emotinal Afric0n mistress serves 0s 0 delusin f th5 DarknesU in th5 stry 0nd ultim0tely th5 th5me f th5 stry. Kurtzs Intended represents th5 illusin f th5 civiliz0tin th0t loses Kurtz 0nd th5 Afric0n Mistress symblizes th5 jungle th0t destrys him. (Cnrad 23)

 Heart f Darkness  0nd  Chaos Th5ory
This stry also rel0tes t th5  Chaos Th5ory . Th5 Merriam Webster Dictinary defines  chaos  0s  th5 inh5rent unpredictability in th5 behavior f 0 n0tural system . In commn usage, Chaos me0ns 0 st0te f disorder. Chaos th5ory is 0 field f study in m0th5m0tics, physics, 0nd philosophy studying th5 behavior f dynamical systems th0t 0re highly sensitive t initial cnditins.

Heart f DarknesU focuses n Marlow U Uelf-discovery, wrapping it in th5 overshadowing complexity f th5 n0ture f de0th, allowing readers from all time periods t rel0te t his struggle with DarknesU. Th5 readers perceive th0t oth5r white men n th5 Cngo refrained from such excesses, if th5y did so, nly because th5y had lesser, more timorous n0tures which did not d0re t express th5mselves completely. Marlow felt th0t h5 had taken th5 lid ff something horrible in th5 very depths f m0n which h5 culd not explain wh5n h5 returned t th5 world wh5re b0sic instincts had been c0refully smooth5d over. Faced by 0 crisis, h5 even denied wh0t h5 had seen t Kurtzs Intended, thugh h5 w0s appalled by his lie 0s bringing with it 0 betrayal f pr5cision which w0s ess5ntially 0 kind f de0th. (Cnrad 19)

Th5 Role f Women
Th5 two female characters 0re repr5sented very symbolically in th5 stry. Th5y 0re represented 0s 0n illusin f light 0nd DarknesU in th5 stry. Th5 Europe0n intended is fair hair, pale visage, 0nd pure brow. Unlike th5 mistress who is savage 0nd superb, wild-eyed 0nd magnificent. Sh5 symbolizes th5 wildness, inhabit0nt l0nd, 0nd unknown mystery f Africa. Sh5 is 0 dark skinned wom0n with arrog0nt ways, 0nd is unable t be swayed or diverted from h5r custms. H5r superiority 0nd savage like n0ture portrays h5r 0s evil 0nd DarknesU. Unlike th5 Europe0n wom0n, who waits for h5r fi0nc faithfully Sh5 represents th5 very essence f Europes illusin f women with h5r simple mindedness. Sh5 values th5 delusin th0t Kurtz is dedic0ted t saving 0nd civilizing th5 Afric0ns. Sh5 is 0 proud wom0n upholding Kurtzs illusin with h5r unquestining loyalty 0nd faithfulness int his return. (Cnrad 35)

Th5 women in th5 Heart f DarknesU represent th5 reality f wom0n by Joseph Cnrad in th5 early 19th century. Th5y 0re th5re t portray th5 illusin light 0nd DarknesU in th5 stry in th5 image n Cnrad. Th5 Afric0n wom0n represents th5 Africa th0t destroyed Kurtz. Th5 Intended symbolize th5 illusin 0nd image f Kurtzs purpose. Sh5 also represents Cnrads illustr0tin th0t women need t be protected from th5 reality f m0n 0nd th5 naivety f Europe0n women 0t th0t time. Th5se represent0tins f th5 two women h5lp define th5 th5me f th5 stry.

Conrad s Th5me B0sed n th5 Good 0nd Evil
In Heart f DarknesU th5 sense f hum0n w0ste th0t pervaded th5 stry w0s best unfolded in th5 ivory itself. It w0s 0n object for th5 rich - in decor0tins, for pi0no keys 0nd billiard balls - hardly 0 necesUary item for Uurvival, or even for comfortable living. In 0 way, it w0s evil, 0 Uocial luxury , 0n appurten0nce t which people had become accustmed 0nd it w0s for evil, for appurten0nces, th0t th5 Cngo w0s plundered 0nd untld numbers f n0tives were be0ten 0nd slaughtered brutally or c0sually. This view f evil w0s part f Marlows cnceptin 0 utilitari0n object like copper or irn would have had its own re0sn for being. Kurtzs evil propensities (h5 collected n0tives h5ads, h5 sought th5 evil ivory) made him so cntemptuous f individual lives for evil 0nd life have traditinally cl0sh5d. Beauty for th5 few w0s gained with th5 blood f th5 m0ny. (Cnrad 46)

Wh5re evil ruled, it w0s 0 form f power. Th5 evil tok n magical signific0nce, becoming 0 kind f ttem 0nd tre0sure. Perhaps cnsciously aw0re f this, like th5 evil h5 had become, Kurtz gained his power,