Heart of darkness
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and the Christian version of Adam and Eve are closely related in that they both describe the journey from innocence to experience. Marlow, the African jungle, and Kurtz can be compared to the characters (Adam, Satan, and Christ) from the story of Adam and Eve. The temptation of exploring the deep dark jungle, the knowledge of the white man's burden, the self-discovery and growth of Marlow, as well as his salvation, all relate to the concepts found in the story from the bible. Based around Adam's fall in the Garden of Eden after being convinced by Satan to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, the story of Adam and Eve illustrates what happens when Adam disobeys God and is faced with the consequences. Similar to Adam, in Heart of Darkness Marlow is also faced with temptation and then, in a way, "banished" for his sin. The only difference between Adam and Marlow is that Adam wanted to stay in the Garden after his banishment, while Marlow in a way banished himself from the company as a result of his sudden fascination with the jungle. Giving in to the temptation of the jungle and the
Throughout the novel, Marlow's transition from innocence to experience is apparent from his yielding to temptation as well as arriving at "salvation. When Marlow hears these words he learns that although he and Kurtz were secret sharers, and they still opposed each other at the same time, Marlow admired Kurtz for his last words and hoped that he would also have something to say when he died. Tempted by Satan in the Garden of Eden, Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge. After he was banished from the Garden for his act, he gained knowledge of new things in his life. Resembling Adam's curiosity of the forbidden apple from the tree of knowledge, the native's lives fascinate Marlow, however his wonder is restricted, or "forbidden" by the company. Although Kurtz was described as "a prodigy. discovery of the natives, he describes his interest with the cannibals, ". The air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish.
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