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Heart Of Darkness: The Symbol Of Ivory
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In Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad often uses vague,“muted”
descriptions, leaving a melange of possible meanings in the reader's lap.
One exception to this trend is Conrad's symbolic use of ivory. Within the
frame of the story, his references .... Middle of Term Paper
... in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were
praying to it.” In their rapacity the “pilgrims” have placed ivory as their
God, a realization that has greater meaning towards the end of the book.
The significance of ivory begins to move away from avarice and
takes on a purely evil connotation as Marlow approaches those hearts of
darkness: the Inner Station and Kurtz. Kurtz's relationship with ivory
seems to have been reiterated by every company member through the course of
the story. Of course Kurtz “harvested” more ivory than all the other
stations combined, and therefore it almost seems appropriate that Conrad
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