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| Joseph Conrad, writer of darkness |
Ideas to consider for Part I of Heart of Darkness:
* How does the narrator describe Marlowe in Part I? What might be significant about these descriptions?
* What role does nature play in the work? How is it described? How does it seem to affect Marlowe?
* Why does Marlowe say of the Thames that "this also...has been one of the dark places of the earth?" (19)
* What colonial projects does Marlowe witness in Africa? What might these say about 'progress,' or 'Englishness'?
* Related to the above, how to the English maintain their identity from their "dark" surroundings? How is one to tell the English from the 'savage'?
* Why is his trip to the "heart of darkness"? How is the idea of darkness explored/explained in this first part of the book? How does Marlowe define "darkness"--and is this belief confirmed in Africa?
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