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The paper highlights the basic themes of the book "Heart of Darkness" and the movie "Apocalypse Now". The paper argues that both Conrad and Coppola are showing that human nature is essentially dark and savage.

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"Human nature has always been of great interest to philosophers, authors and film makers. One author that dealt with issues of human nature in his writing is Joseph Conrad. Conrad's most famous work is "Heart of Darkness" (1902). This book was later made into a major motion picture by Francis Ford Coppola entitled "Apocalypse Now" (1979). In this essay it will be argued that both Conrad and Coppola are arguing that human nature is essentially dark and savage. It is also arguing that power corrupts and that this corruption often takes the form of absurdity. The position that will be put forward is that human nature is not..."

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