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The Journey into Hell in nitty-gritty of lousiness In Joseph Conrads novel, Heart of Darkness the environment is often symbolic as well as literal. The novel contains both the frame fibber, an anonymous member of the Nellie, representing the dominant society, and more importantly the primary narrator, Marlow, who too, is a product of the dominant society. For the novels narrator, Marlow, the journey up the Congo River to the heart of darkness is reminiscent of Guidos journey into hell in Dantes Inferno, with these literary allusion unceasingly present, through forms of intense imagery. The landscape takes on a hellish character and the wilderness is personified. Death is omnipresent and this is debateed in the death imagery utilise to describe the cities of Brussels and London, the Congo region and Kurtz station. The hypocrisy of society and civilization is reflected in the authors description of the sepulchral city. The novel begins with the narrator, Marlow, and some of the ships crew waiting at dusk for the tide to change so that their cruising yawl the Nellie may enclose the London harbour. The frame narrator expresses quite optimistic views on colonialism in particular pertaining to London, which is described as the greatest city on earth, yet these opinions ar then challenged by both marlow and the use of imagery. The coastline is described as world shrouded in diaphanous folds of fog... ...cityscape provide a physical setting which serves to reflect the psychological state of the narrator, Marlow and the evils of life, as well as forgrounding the journey of the narrator - mentally, emotionally, and intellectually. The environment particularly that of the Congo and of Brussels, reflect death, hypocrisy and even humans clayey heart of darkness. Bibliography Conrad, J. (1995). Heart of Darkness. London Penguin Group. Maes-Jelinek, H. Notes on Heart of Darkness Jean-Aubry, George. Joseph Conrad Life and Letters. Vol. 1. New York Page, 1 966. Ed. Marvin. Conrad Collection of Critical Essays. Mudrick. Englewood Cliffs Prentice-Hall, 1972.