Heart of Darkness
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General Manager
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The Brickmaker
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Summary & Analysis
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Themes
All Themes
Colonialism
The Hollowness of Civilization
The Lack of Truth
Work
Racism
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Marlow
Kurtz
General Manager
The Russian Trader
Narrator
The Brickmaker
Symbols
All Symbols
Women
The Sepulchral City
Dark and White
Literary Devices
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Ethos
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Frame Story
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Oxymorons
Parody
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone
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