“Heart of Darkness”, by Jeseph Conrad, starts off on a boat with harsh waters. They are voiaging towards Africa. He views the crimson sails as blood on the horizon. There may be death to come. This could be some form of foreshadowing. He talks about their captain saying that instead of his work being out there in the luminous esturary, it is behind him within the brooding gloom. Another possible form of foreshadowing maybe showing that the captain isn’t the best guy in the world. He uses metaphor comparing the sea as the lawyer of the ship making everone tollerable with eachother. He uses great personification describing how the sea itself is like the lawyer. He talks of a man named Marlow who has sunken cheeks, is sitting criss cross, has a yellow complection, and with his palms face up looks like an idol. He could possibly be comparing him with Death: sunken cheeks and yellow complection. Or her could just as easliy be viewing him as a god of some sort: criss corss and palms face up, like that of certain gods do when posing in paintings. He uses an intersting line stating that the gloom to the west was being angered by the upcoming sun. Great use of personification; I can see a eary gloom and with rays of sunlight mixing into it while it acts like it is retreating. Conrad’s writing style in incredible, it is very intelligent and yet intrieging. Every sentence feels like there is more than meets the eye.
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