to give off some sort of feeling or mood, that one can relate too. The atmosphere helps determine what kind of

mood the picture will take. Any author, of either a painting or piece of literature will set the mood by using their

atmosphere to enhance the theme of their creation. In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad uses mood and

atmosphere to help create a portrait called, the journey into the soul. The journey to the soul is to find one's self.

Atmosphere pervades the mood or spirit. The atmosphere aids in revealing the journey to find one's soul. The

setting, "took in the forest, the creek, the mud, the river-seemed to beckon with a dishonoring flourish before

the sunlit face of land a treacherous appeal to the lurking death, to the hidden evil, to the profound darkness of

its heart." Conrad 54 Conrad does not even mention their exact location which is very peculiar. The main river

was described in the form a snake. A snake can be looked at from many points of views, mythological, biblical,

literal and metaphorically. The snake represents all the twists and turns and being able to find one's inner-self

interesting because its difficult to determine why Conrad would use this approach. Possibly Conrad takes this

frightful aberration, but to be aware of ' it' makes it a morbid ambience. Marlow's journey to find his soul, is

inconceivable ceremonies of some devilish initiation." Conrad 81 Marlow with his descriptions of the jungle,

example, he changed from being a painter and "essentially a great musician,"Conrad 122 to becoming corrupt

soul, because one may not always like what they find. Marlow wants to see the 'great' godlike Kurtz. but is he

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