Revelations of Darkness and Light In the book Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad we are introduced to the concept of light and darkness in relation to the African people and the peoples of Europe . At the beginning of the book the introduction offers an insight into the journey that the main character, Marlow, is about to undertake. Conrad symbolically introduces the sun setting over the river as Marlow enters the mouth of the Thames. Conrad reveals this allegory indicating that Marlow is about to enter a dark place morally and physically as a reference to the black people of Africa. Light and darkness are used by Conrad to represent morality and immorality. The story takes a step back to Marlow in Europe, where Conrad speaks of two women sitting opposite what Conrad calls "two [women], guarding the door of The Darkness, working the black wool as for a warm mantle , the one introduces, continually introduces to the unknown, the other scans the cheerful and silly faces with old indifferent eyes. Hail! Old black wool knitter...