What is the summary of heart of darkness?

Answer 1

There are many different themes in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Some of the main themes are: Alienation and Loneliness, Nature Vs. Nurture, Appearances and Reality, Duty and Responsibility, Justice Vs. Injustice, Forbidden Knowledge, Science Vs. Nature (Religion), Language, and Multiple Personalities.

Answer 2

welll there is always the colonization as distruction instead of organization.

A good theme I found to follow through the whole novel is the hypocrisy of Iperialism and the system in general. Many events in the book, such as when Marlow calls the slaves criminals, yet identifies with them to a certain extent, make great examples of this theme.

Answer 3

The main theme of the Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) novel Heart of Darkness is the duality of human nature, ie the darkness lurking beneath the surface of even civilized people. This theme is explored by both Marlow and Kurtz as they come to understand the Africans.

Answer 4

Plot Summary "Heart of Darkness" begins with the "frame" narrator's description of a group of men relaxing on a private yacht one evening. One of the men, Charlie Marlow, a sailor, commences to tell his friends a tale of one of his adventures as the captain of a steamboat going down the Congo River. The rest of the narrative consists of Marlow's tale, with only occasional interruptions by the "frame" narrator to describe Marlow and his storytelling style. Marlow's tale is about his assignment to work for "the Company," an ivory trading company in what was then the Free State of the Congo, a colony of the Belgian government. Marlow is assigned to retrieve a certain Kurtz, a company manager operating deep in the Congo to retrieve ivory whose "methods" were reported to be "unsound." Marlow initially stops at one of the Company sites, where he is appalled by the brutal, inhumane, slavery-like conditions of the African people made to work for the Company. He comes upon a grove where those who have been worked nearly to starvation and death lie in wait for death. Marlow is equally appalled, although ironically impressed, with the callousness of the company management and bureaucracy toward the suffering Africans. Making several stops at company sites, Marlow hears intriguing reference to the enigmatic Kurtz, to the point that he himself becomes eager to meet and converse with the man. As Marlow's boat moves closer to Kurtz's compound, the small steamboat crew are barraged with deadly arrows, even as they are blinded by a thick fog. Marlow watches in sympathy as one of the Africans on his boat dies from an arrow wound. He is struck by his sense of identification with the black man. Arriving at Kurtz's compound, Marlow meets with a man he refers to as the Russian Harlequin soldier, who maniacally and obsessively worships Kurtz. Marlow observes decapitated human heads stuck on poles throughout the compound. He then finds Kurtz himself, a shriveled up man dying of malarial fever. As he takes the dying Kurtz aboard his boat, Marlow observes a woman who seems to have been Kurtz's companion, mourning his departure. As they make their way back up the river, Kurtz soon dies, with the enigmatic and haunting words "The Horror! The horror!" on his lips. Marlow is then taken up with fever and illness, which renders him delirious. Upon recovering, Marlow returns to England, where he goes to visit Kurtz's "Intended," the woman Kurtz was engaged to marry. Marlow has come to give her the packet of letters and writings Kurtz had entrusted with him. Although he abhors liars and lying, Marlow withholds from her Kurtz's haunting final words, telling her instead that he had died with her own name on his lips. Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/heart-of-darkness-story-1

Answer 5

The Bible comprises of some of the most compelling ways by which humans can change their lives from 'evil' to 'good'.

The tapestry of the scriptures are about 'good' and 'evil'. As it is written, "Genesis 1v4,"..God divided the light from the darkness". Moreover, as it is written,"..Jesus said, I am the light of the world, he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.(John 8v12)

Then the 'heart' is one of the dominant forces of the divine process, as it is written, "Keep thy heart with all deligence, for out of it are the issues of life".(Prov. 4v 23) Then, Exodus 31v6, states,"...and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom.

So, therefore if God have not bestowed wisdom in that heart, then that heart is in darkness.

Finally,"...with the heart man believeth unto righteousness. (Roman 10v 10).

Answer 6

themes in Frankenstein include:

tension

horror

disgust

moral decisions

Answer 7

"Conflict is at the heart of a novel."

Answer 8

Monstrosity