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Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness. Structural and Literary elements in the novella by Joseph Conrad. Heart of Darkness. Groups of three Three chapters Three times Marlow breaks the story Three stations Three women Aunt Savage Intended. Patterns in the text. Heart of Darkness. Novella Short novel

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Heart of Darkness

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  1. Heart of Darkness Structural and Literary elements in the novella by Joseph Conrad

  2. Heart of Darkness Groups of three Three chapters Three times Marlow breaks the story Three stations Three women Aunt Savage Intended Patterns in the text

  3. Heart of Darkness Novella Short novel Long short story Marlow Tales Youth (1898) Heart of Darkness (1899) Novella Structure

  4. Heart of Darkness Russian Doll Effect Meaning found not in the centre – Africa – but in the periphery Unreliable Narrator Narrator retelling Marlow’s story Marlow retelling the stories of others Marlow as a flawed character NarrativeStructure

  5. Heart of Darkness Contrasts Light and Dark Black and White Civilised and Savage Outer and Inner Contrast

  6. Heart of Darkness Black / Dark Death, Evil, Ignorance, Mystery, Savagery, Uncivilised White / Light Life, Goodness, Enlightenment, Civilised, Religion Symbolism

  7. Heart of Darkness Reversal of traditional pattern Darkness means truth Whiteness means falsehood Symbolism

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