Metaphysical dimension in Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'

Literature Review from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: University, , course: Modern Novel, language: English, abstract: This short text examines the metaphysical dimension in Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'. Conrad has created Heart of Darkness in such a way that the literary devices of symbolism, imagery, paradox and personification act as a catalyst for bringing out the metaphysical meaning behind the literal text. The physical journey of Marlowe to Congo, the atrocities he witnesses there and the insight he gains - all of it is fleshed out and given emblematic form on a metaphysical dimension.

The author is elected President of the Kinnaird College Debating Fraternity and also the President of the Youth Development Corporations-Kinnaird Chapter. She writes in the leading newspapers of Pakistan: The Nation and The News. On occasion, she features the happenings in Lahore related to Arts and Literature. In the past, she has worked as an Assistant-Editorialist to the Editor-in-Chief at the News on Sunday. She has also been an active member of the Children's Museum for Peace and Human Rights, Karachi.