Heart Of Darkness: Themes in Garden of Evil and Heart of Darkness
Independent Novel Study- Theme
Theme: is the central topic or dilema in the story.
The theme directly involves the main character.
The story of the Garden of Evil relates to Heart of Darkness in the way
that the themes are similar. For example the evil that lies within us.
Yes I believe that the statement "Evil is Inherent in the Hearts of
Men" is true. Everybody has evil in them although a restriction would have
to be put on the statement to say that evil is inherent in men but it is
The Quest Myth is about an adventure where the adventurer has something
he is looking for or something he has to do that he has not done yet maybe
2. Heart of Darkness is a very good example of a Quest story.
Marlowe is risking life and limb inorder to fufill his adventure of meeting
the infamous Mr.Kurtz. Along Marlowe's journey he meets bands of cannibles
that are ever posing a threat to his life. At the end of Heart of Darkness
the story becomes a Quest of the self. Marlowe is searching deep within
himself to comprehend what he is seeing with Mr.Kurtz and within himself he
has to conquor the evil that could take him over. It is a Quest for Marlowe
Independent Novel Study-Style
1. Irony-Occurs when a set of circumstances turn out very differently from
Foreshadowing-Gives the reader a hint to what will happen later in the
Flashback-When they look bac at what they have done before.
Point of View-The point the story is told from.
Imagery-When a sentence or passage gives a good picture as to what is
Archetype-Struggle, Mans struggle for inner innocence.
Allegory-A story that has a main theme and a hidden moral.
Satire-To make fun of a situation.
Diction-refers to style of writing.
1. Throughout the story you thought Marlowe would find Kurtz and he would
be the int...