Joseph Conrad uses light and darkness to express the good and evil of the dark core and helps develop novel themes and plots. Conrad repeatedly used the light and dark symbols throughout the novel to reveal his insight to the reader; Conrad used light and dark, white and black skin and mind when referring to the Thames River and the Congo River. Black hostess and intention. From the beginning of the novel, you can see the use of contrast by Conrad.
One of the main styles defining Conrad's dark heart is the use of his symbolism. The symbol of "The Heart of Darkness" makes the novel a very surprising one. Everything in the novel is symbolically represented in some way and implies or suggests something. From the way sitting in Marlow Nelly, repeated dark and bright symbols, various characters, Kurzu, what it means, and trying to express Conrad's ideas and information. The symbol is a way to understand what is going on in his mind. Conrad seems to have a different level of enlightenment to that novel and is about to tell it to others. The most mysterious thing is that symbols can mean a variety of things.
Use of symbolism in the dark Joseph Conrad played an important role in the development of the novels of the 20th century. Many of Conrad 's first installations in his novels were widely used in the literary era when he helped with creation. Perhaps the most effective of his revolutionary skills is the use of symbolism in his novel. In "the heart of darkness", Conrad's symbolism plays a leading role in the development of the theme of the novel. Though these themes are not clarified through plots, they are revealed through the symbolic characters and elements that exist in the story. Joseph Conrad uses symbolism to draw Africans, companies, and Kurtz in mind.
Joseph Conrad uses symbolism to emphasize the novel theme by setting symbolic elements for contrasting elements. In order to achieve this goal, he is highly dependent on metaphor. Repetition of the entire dark heart is the contrast between the elements of light and the elements characterized by darkness. Light carries its advantages, metaphorical meaning of reality, civilization and humanity. The use of dark and dark elements represents everything that is evil, ambiguous, and not civilized. Heart of Darkness embeds complex layering of symbols and symbols overlapping interconnected symbols. Conrad uses symbols, metaphor and satire to be necessary to convey the overall theme of the story