discussion board

SHORTStory- Heart of Darkness

Has to be AT LEAST 400 words

These are the questions that need to be addressed in this discussion board:

1. Symbolic Images in Heart of Darkness:(Outside research necessary)

Consider the image of (Fog) research it and then analyze how it provides figurative meaning to a scene, a character, theme, or other issue in Heart of Darkness.

2. Women are used symbolically throughout the story for issues of inequality/equality, danger/sanctuary, unnecessary/necessary, ignorant/enlightened. In literature, when an

issue is described in both ends of the spectrum, the term binary is used. Explore a binary of women in the story, especially with regard to Marlow, and explain using outside research, how that binary is significant to Marlows evolution of thought.

3. Religion/religious icons or suggestions are throughout the story. God vs Absence of God are recurring analysis points from critics. Whenever opposite ends of the spectrum are present in literature for a symbol, the term binary is used. Good/evil, LIGHT/dark, hope/despair, Heaven/Hell, etc. Explore a binary of religion in the story, especially with regard to Marlow, and explain how that binary is significant to Marlows evolution of thought. For this to work properly, you should choose one symbol, event, image, statement and explore how it both represents each end of the binary using outside research for support. (The congo represents both heaven and hellMarlow represents hope and despairetc.)

4. Heart of Darkness has been analyzed both as a story of the search for truth and a story of how the search for truth is futile. In your opinion, which is it? Explain your answer using specific scenes, quotes, or actions from the story. (No outside research needed).