Heart of Darkness
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Heart of Darkness is a novella by Joseph Conrad that explores imperialism, moral corruption, and the darkness within human nature through a journey into the African Congo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heart of Darkness canonical | 10 |
| Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009698 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heart of Darkness Context triple: [The Hollow Men, containsAllusionTo, Heart of Darkness]
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Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 nonfiction book by Ernest Hemingway that recounts his month-long safari in East Africa through a blend of travel narrative, hunting chronicle, and literary reflection.
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B.
Max Havelaar
Max Havelaar is an 1860 Dutch novel by Multatuli that exposed and condemned the abuses of colonial rule in the Dutch East Indies and became a landmark of socially engaged literature.
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C.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick is Herman Melville’s 1851 epic novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest to hunt the white whale, widely regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
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D.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London that explores brutality, individualism, and moral conflict through the clash between an intellectual castaway and a ruthless sea captain.
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only completed novel, a dark seafaring adventure that blends nautical realism with gothic horror and the uncanny.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heart of Darkness Target entity description: Heart of Darkness is a novella by Joseph Conrad that explores imperialism, moral corruption, and the darkness within human nature through a journey into the African Congo.
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A.
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 nonfiction book by Ernest Hemingway that recounts his month-long safari in East Africa through a blend of travel narrative, hunting chronicle, and literary reflection.
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B.
Max Havelaar
Max Havelaar is an 1860 Dutch novel by Multatuli that exposed and condemned the abuses of colonial rule in the Dutch East Indies and became a landmark of socially engaged literature.
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C.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick is Herman Melville’s 1851 epic novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest to hunt the white whale, widely regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
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D.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London that explores brutality, individualism, and moral conflict through the clash between an intellectual castaway and a ruthless sea captain.
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E.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only completed novel, a dark seafaring adventure that blends nautical realism with gothic horror and the uncanny.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| adaptation |
radio dramas
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stage plays ⓘ television films ⓘ |
| author | Joseph Conrad ⓘ |
| bookPublicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Blackwood's Magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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modernist literature ⓘ novella ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
darkness
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the jungle ⓘ the river ⓘ |
| includedIn | Youth: A Narrative; and Two Other Stories ⓘ |
| influenced |
modernist literature
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postcolonial criticism ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Apocalypse Now ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
early 20th century literature
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late 19th century literature ⓘ |
| locationOfFrameNarrative |
Thames
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surface form:
Thames River
|
| mainTheme |
colonialism
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darkness within human nature ⓘ imperialism ⓘ madness ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| majorCharacter |
Charles Marlow
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Kurtz ⓘ The Brickmaker ⓘ The Intended ⓘ The Manager ⓘ |
| narrativeFrameCharacter | Charles Marlow ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
first-person narration
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frame narrative ⓘ |
| notableQuote | The horror! The horror! ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | seaman ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | riverboat captain ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1899 ⓘ |
| setting |
Congo
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surface form:
African Congo
Congo Free State ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
narratological analysis
ⓘ
postcolonial literary criticism ⓘ psychoanalytic literary criticism ⓘ |
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Referenced by (11)
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this entity surface form:
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness