Heart of Darkness

In the novel Heart of Darkness, written by Joseph Conrad, there are many references that pertain to truth. Some of these references discuss universal truth, some illustrate symbolic truth, while others present individual truths that impose themselves on the main character and narrator Marlow. Conrad also establishes the ideas of good truth and evil truth, which are subdivisions of the universal truth that he illustrates. The good truth can be said to be synonymous with …

…that man has many twisted uses of truth and that regardless of the person, each of us have a dark side and a virtuous side. Conrad also uses the white men with dark souls and the black native men with innocent or good souls in an ironic contrast between good truth and ugly truth. In analyzing this novel one should realize the true nature of man and our personal relation to the Heart of Darkness.