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The paper posits that Joseph Conrad's novelette, "Heart of Darkness", is considered by many as one of the great classics in English literature. The paper relates that the story itself takes place in the anachronistic setting of the Congo jungle. The paper shows how as the story's protagonist, Charlie Marlow, edges ever so slowly up the primal Congo River, Conrad's masterful use of literary device draws the reader closer and closer to the truth about human nature.

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"Joseph Conrad's novelette, "Heart of Darkness", is considered by many as one of the great classics in English literature. The story itself takes place in the anachronistic setting of the Congo jungle. As the story's protagonist, Charlie Marlow, edges ever so slowly up the primal Congo River, Conrad's masterful use of literary device draws the reader closer and closer to the truth about human nature. Conrad sets the tone of the story at the onset of the first scene as..."

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