A Journey into the Soul in Heart of Darkness Essay -- Heart Darkness e

A journey into the Soul in Heart of Darkness         A picture is an nip idea, brought into context to form nearlything concrete.  They are made up and created to give away some sort of feeling or supposition, that one can have-to doe with too.  The atmosphere helps determine what kind of mood the picture tout ensembleow for take.  both author, of either a painting or piece of literature will set the mood by using their atmosphere to enhance the composition 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 realise ones self.  Atmosphere pervades the mood or spirit.  The atmosphere aids in revealing the journey to find ones soul.  The setting, took in the forest, the creek, the mud, the river-seemed to beckon with a dishonoring flourish before the sunlit causa of land a treacherous appeal to the lurking death, to the hidden evil, to the profound injustice of its heart. Conrad 54 Conrad does not even mention their exact location which is truly peculiar. The important river was described in the form a glide.  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 ones 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 hobo camp is something living and not just an ordinary jungle.         Literatures imagery helps to show the main idea th... ...sh off against the state of the referee.  While reading the novel I was able to reflect on my own journey to the soul.  Any reader can reflect and realize the inevitable.  The journey is not a good-natured one, it is a very difficu lt task, where evil lurks in the smallest of places.  These places could be anyplace including the soul and the soul is one of mans most unique qualities.  It determines who we are and how we cross everyone surrounding our presence. In this universe people live and die plainly a soul is immortal and will undertake an eternity.   Works Cited   Conrad, Joseph.Heart of Darkness.Bantam Books unused York,1981.   Resources for the Study of Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness.1998.   Simon & Schuster.Websters New World Dictionary.MacmillianNew York,1996.