A pictures is an abstract idea, brought into context to form something concrete. They are made up and created
             to give off some sort of feeling or mood, that one can relate too. The atmosphere helps determine what kind of
             mood the picture will take. Any author, of either a painting or piece of literature will set the mood by using their
             atmosphere to enhance the theme of their creation. In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad uses mood and
             atmosphere to help create a portrait called, the journey into the soul. The journey to the soul is to find one's self.
             Atmosphere pervades the mood or spirit. The atmosphere aids in revealing the journey to find one's soul. The
             setting, "took in the forest, the creek, the mud, the river-seemed to beckon with a dishonoring flourish before
             the sunlit face of land a treacherous appeal to the lurking death, to the hidden evil, to the profound darkness of
             its heart." Conrad 54 Conrad does not even mention their exact location which is very peculiar. The main river
             was described in the form a snake. A snake can be looked at from many points of views, mythological, biblical,
             literal and metaphorically. The snake represents all the twists and turns and being able to find one's inner-self is
             very difficult and twisted. The snake represents some of the animal imagery in the novel. Perhaps this is a sign
             that the jungle is something living and not just an ordinary jungle. Literature's imagery helps to show the main
             idea through a picture painted in one's mind. Imagery is very insightful and in Conrad's novel there is a lot of
             animal and hell imagery that branches together to form the main theme of the novel, the journey in finding one's
             self; the soul. The snake as mentioned before is an image of evil. In biblical times the snake created the evil in
             the story of Adam and Eve. The lion is an image that appears frequently. "He is crawling on all-fours,"Conrad
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