Darkness and Light in “Heart of Darkness”
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SummaryThe battle between light and darkness is being waged right now, in every corner of the earth. This war has been fought since time began. In every realm of society, opposites counterbalance each other. The balance of powers in the government allows the American people to have a say in the political happenings of the country, while the balance of mass and gravity keeps Earth in orbit around the sun. A balanced diet keeps a person healthy, while a balanced scale portrays equality and justice in the world of lawmaking and law enforcement. In the realm of physics, action and reaction are required to obtain balance, proving it cannot be acquired by mere passiveness. The necessity of balance is also true of every other set of opposites. This proposal, deemed by Florence Ridley as “the balance of opposites, a core of faith versus hollowness…light versus darkness,” is inherent to the meaning of “Heart of Darkness”
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- The character Marlow relates his journey from two very different worlds.
- The two worlds where Marlow travels are symbols of darkness and light.
- Marlow himself can be deemed a symbol of light.
- There are numerous gray areas described as 'false light? .
- The constant struggle between light and darkness depicted in 'Heart of Darkness?.
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