Heart_Of_Darkness

Heart Of Darkness Heart of Darkness Response Paper “Heart of Darkness” is a very involved story, which takes place on a mission into the hearts of Africa. The use of imagery in “Heart of Darkness” gives the story another dimension of insight. Joseph Conrad’s use of imagery is so compelling because everything in the story symbolizes, alludes to, or allegorizes something in some way. As William Rogers II from the San Diego State University states, “Yet, as Wilfred Dowden’s recent study of Conradian imagery concludes, the some 1,100 words of the unnamed narrator that precede Marlow’s tale are not merely an accessible lead in to the subsequent complexity of narration and theme but are carefully composed to establish imagery and tonality for the entire work.” (Rogers, page 42) Joseph Conrad uses imagery in his descriptions of the surroundings, with the use of light and darkness and other objects in “Heart of Darkness” to better express his ideas throughout the story. One of the main themes in “Heart of Darkness” is colonialism in Africa. During the time of this story Europeans were invading Africa and enslaving the people who lived there. Throughout the story Conrad gives references to this. For example, “I could see heart, darkness, imagery, africa, story, white, black, dominoes, death, conrad, words, page, europeans, example, time, taking, people, light, joseph, gives, dots, word, whose, talks, surrounding, rogers, over, narrator, men, land, deeper, colonialism, article, about, domino