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A steady droning sound of many men chanting each to himself some weird incantation.” I have noticed that Conrad often uses ‘passive voice’ in his writing that creates a dreamy, hazy tone for the reader as opposed to active voice that would make the reading quicker and more adventurous. Page 96
Epiphany: In modern fiction and poetry, the standard term for the sudden flare into revelation of an ordinary object or scene “What saves us is efficiency - the devotion to efficiency…” “The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only.” Marlow has had an epiphany from his experience in how our concentration to doing things efficiently saves our thoughts from being consumed by outside sources and how society shouldn’t judge others or condemn others who are different. However, the only thing that makes that behavior right is the idea. Page 8
Figurative: A deviation from what speakers of a language understand as the ordinary or standard use of words in order to achieve some special meaning or …show more content…
Yes; but it is like a running blaze on a plane, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker - may it last as long as the old earth keps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday…”’ This is when Marlow starts discussing and contemplating the theme of the story and how those from the past must’ve gone insane when faced with their own mortality and desperation, the terrors of sickness and insanity, the seclusion in the wilderness such as the sea or the jungle. Page 7
Style: The author's words and the characteristic way that writer uses language to achieve certain effects “…he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus flower -” Rather than plainly stating “he sat down,” Conrad puts a mouthful of words within a simple, single description that shows the importance of the statement or implies the importance of it, and hints at the beliefs of the Buddha. Page 8
Symbol: A word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal
Epiphany: In modern fiction and poetry, the standard term for the sudden flare into revelation of an ordinary object or scene “What saves us is efficiency - the devotion to efficiency…” “The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only.” Marlow has had an epiphany from his experience in how our concentration to doing things efficiently saves our thoughts from being consumed by outside sources and how society shouldn’t judge others or condemn others who are different. However, the only thing that makes that behavior right is the idea. Page 8
Figurative: A deviation from what speakers of a language understand as the ordinary or standard use of words in order to achieve some special meaning or …show more content…
Yes; but it is like a running blaze on a plane, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker - may it last as long as the old earth keps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday…”’ This is when Marlow starts discussing and contemplating the theme of the story and how those from the past must’ve gone insane when faced with their own mortality and desperation, the terrors of sickness and insanity, the seclusion in the wilderness such as the sea or the jungle. Page 7
Style: The author's words and the characteristic way that writer uses language to achieve certain effects “…he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus flower -” Rather than plainly stating “he sat down,” Conrad puts a mouthful of words within a simple, single description that shows the importance of the statement or implies the importance of it, and hints at the beliefs of the Buddha. Page 8
Symbol: A word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal