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In the Heart of Darkness after Part 2, as Marlow travels deeper into the jungle and The Heart of Darkness and discovers Kurtz which leads to more meaning and background of the characters discovered. One image that I am seeing constantly is the mention of Ivory and Kurtz's great fascination with it. The men of the boat discover that Kurtz is sick and try to somehow plot against him. Another image that I am seeing is the mention of symbols, the symbols for Kurtz like the letters found in his home, and the symbol of his lover and cousin. Kurtz belives that everything belongs to im and that no one else should discover it and his secrets.
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In part II of Heart of Darkness the two images that I see are superiority and civilization associated with the Europeans and animal-like savagery associated with the African natives. The Europeans are described as superior because they are more advanced than the natives and really take advantage of their ignorance when trying to gain personal wealth in Africa. They continue to treat the natives as if they were slaves and use them for their own personal benefit in collecting resources. The natives have truly fallen into darkness thinking that the Europeans purpose is to help them grow as a people and see them as god-like figures but they themselves are still described as savages. These two images of both people are significant because of the irony that through out the story their roles change and the Europeans start becoming the ones who are more uncivilized and animal-like letting greed consume their way of life and occupation in Africa.
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Two of the main images I found to resurface more in Part III was the idea of darkness. Conrad goes on in Part III to show Kurtz in some senses as dark, and to show his "Intended" as dark, as well as telling again how the forest and the heart of the forest is so dark. I also believe he spends more time in Part III with a different perspective on the Natives, knowing Kurtz's view of them and respecting them more than he did in the first couple acts, where he views them as savage and harsh creatures.
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One image is how Marlows views of savage and uncivilized come into play, and also when he frequently brings up light/dark imagery. Marlows's constant restating of all of these components force us to view them in the opposite light, which in turn opens our eyes to what destruction humans can bring when thinking they are benefiting a people. When Marlow describes the people as having savage ways, he describes them as almost living more rational and peacefully than the whites controlling them. "She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent" Marlow still sees the good in the people and constantly ties the words civilized into sentences that describe atrocities being committed by whites.
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Two of the most important images in Part 2 of the heart of darkness where those of the wilderness and the savages. Wilderness comes to symbolize a fortress for Africans that represents the country. Marlow even says that he "judged the jungle of both banks quite impenetrable" this is important because it tells the reader that imperialism and colonization will not succeed in Africa and have made little progress. The other image is that of savagery and how it grows the closer Marlow gets to the inner station. He calls natives cannibals however he is a hypocrite because part o his crew are savages and they are capable of completing the task that is given to them. He becomes fond of members of his crew and we can see that Marlow learns to respect some of them
