Part one of term paper
Since the beginning of time, there has always been the intrigue and curiosity of death. It is by far the greatest mystery of all time and because of that, writers, painters and poets have used it in their works. Some people fear it as evil, while others embrace it as good. Many religions believe in a life after death, while others think of it ...

Part two of term paper
... to represent new meanings in new ways. Death is the theme which encompasses and underlies Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and James Joyce’s “The Dead” using opposite elements; moreover, from the surrounding death, both main characters, Marlow and Gabriel, go through a symbolic rebirth. Before it is proven how Marlow and Gabriel have symbolic rebirths, it first must be shown how death exemplifies itself within the works, as it does through three main elements: the motif, the settin ...