3. Use any ONE quote from Karl to examine one aspect of the novel

"The persistence of dakness, especially the color black, sets the tone and elicits our response." In Heart of Darkness, the colors Conrad utalizes, specifically black and white, do not have the typical symbolic meaning in the context of the novel. In fact, the meaning of white and black are switched. That being said, the switching of typical meaninf seems to be a reoccuring theme in the novel. For instance, at the beggining of Marlow's tale, he speaks about England pre-colonization and compares it to ancient Rome, basically espousing the chaos. England is not usually associated with chaos and destruction so its one of the reversals in Heart of Darkness. The colors of white and black are one of the elements that contribute and foreshadow the overall journey to chaos.