The Symbolic Meaning of Color in Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad is one of the most influential writers at the turn of 20th century. Heart of Darkness is one of his representative novels which were partly based on Conrad＇ s four-month journey to Belgian Congo in 1890. The plot of Heart of Darkness is simple, but the meaning of the plot is not easy to grasp. The masterpiece bears very strong symbolic colors in the description of the setting and characters, which is worth further research.