Ministry of Darkness

The terrifying wrathful face of Dharmapala Yamaraja stands on top of a buffalo on the statue of Dharmapala Yamaraja and Chamunda. The buffalo is lying down on a human figure that is at the base of the statue. The figure of Yamaraja is depicted with his hair flaring upwards, his left hand forming the symbol for Vitarka Mudra. The middle of his stomach has a formation of a circle with two inner circles. Small human faces plastered with shocked expressions surround the outside of the circle. His…

constantly dehumanized, deprived of his own language and forms of expression. One of the main focuses of Conrad’s work is to portray the European's mental disintegration against the background of the wilderness in the African continent. Heart of Darkness contrasts the colonial world of the European, with that of the indigenous African peoples. Conrad uses a frame narrative charting the story of how Charles Marlow made his long and excruciating…

Heart of darkness and things fall apart The books Heart of darkness and Things fall apart both discribe the European colonization of Africa in diffrent ways and from different perspectives. In Heart of darkness, the perspective of the European colonizer is presented, while the perspective of the African natives is presented in Things fall apart. The reader of the books will instantly come across the topic of race. The colonization of Africa, bieng the issue in the two books, race has a crucial…

living” (9). Coetzee’s novels have been centrally concerned with colonialism and its effects on human consciousness. In Guguletu, Mrs. Curren faces the pitiless violence that is ranging in the townships. When Florence receives a phone call about Bheki, she takes Mrs. Curren to Guguletu to find him. Through Florence, Coetzee exposes to the readers about Guguletu, she says “They were shooting again yesterday. They were giving guns to the witdoeke and witdoeke were shooting” ( 89). They meet…

Things Fall Apart, and The Poisonwood Bible contain plots where the characters leave their homes to create a new sense of home in future experiences. The Price family was forced to accept their new home based on their own decision to move to the Congo. Okonkwo created his home because of his shame for the past. These physical changes of home miss the deep points and allusions of the novels, only representing a small portion of the stories intent. Home is the central purpose in every action and…

In this essay I am going to show that African man can be seen as Lockean man. To achieve this I will examine the theory of Thomas Hobbes who suggested that man is basically evil, John Locke who suggested that man is basically tabula Rosa and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who suggested that man is basically good. For Hobbes theory I will refer to the short story The Crow, for Rousseau theory I will use the setting sun and the rolling world and Ten shekel short story for Locke theory. The crow clearly…

A Portrait of Frederick Clegg – Antisocial Traits in His Personality John Fowles’ The Collector is a book that stands out for various reasons. Not only it depicts two characters diametrically different from one another, but it also portrays them with such depth and psychological insight that it is hard to believe only one author has created such two plausible and conflicting protagonists. Another thing that attracts attention in The Collector is the overall character of Frederick Clegg and the…

Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad is a fantastic novella and the author’s famous work. Primarily, it has gained its popularity due to the unique and interesting plot, which entices the readers. Specifically, the main story of the book revolves around the voyage down the Congo River and describes the peculiar adventures and events that happened with the captain of the ship and his brigade during their trip. In addition, besides the thrilling plot, the composition is known for the unusual…

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness spins a dark contrast between two different worlds. These worlds being the civilized life of Europe against the savage wilderness of colonial Africa. Running parallel to the contrast in worlds is the contrast between Kurtz’s lovers who he has taken up in each of the world 's. The lines of gender and wilderness in The Heart of Darkness are somewhat blurred as the protagonist time and again personifies wilderness into a living, female role. This serves to be…

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness works as a frame story for the main character: Marlow. Unbound from the world and tightly knotted into his own thoughts, Marlow struggles to grip onto anything that is reality. He and his team nearly approach the Inner Station as he aimlessly scans his surroundings. Irked by the lack of civilization, Marlow finds it hard to understand why he sees “neatly stacked wood-pile” (37). He is often vague and confused in his storytelling. Therefore, it is of no surprise…