All 3 Uses of
essence
in
Heart of Darkness
- It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream—making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is of the very essence of dreams….†
Chpt 1
- No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence,—that which makes its truth, its meaning—its subtle and penetrating essence.†
Chpt 1 *
- The action was very far from being aggressive—it was not even defensive, in the usual sense: it was undertaken under the stress of desperation, and in its essence was purely protective.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(essence) the defining or most important quality of something
or:
a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste