AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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For an essay analyzing the concept of civilization in Joseph Conrad's
Heart of Darkness
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Heart of Darkness
follows Charlie Marlow's journey up the Congo River in search of the ivory trader Kurtz during the height of European colonialism in Africa.
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Conrad uses Marlow's journey into the African interior to reveal how the supposed civilizing mission of colonialism masks brutal exploitation and corruption.
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Civilization is a major theme in
Heart of Darkness
as characters encounter the differences between European and African societies in the colonial setting.
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The novel explores how European colonialism affected both the colonizers and the colonized people in Africa during the late nineteenth century through various encounters.
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