“By Jove! I’ve never seen anything so unreal in my life” (p. 20). “By Jove” is an exclamation of surprise, and is very British. In ancient Roman times, Jove was a name for the god Jupiter. Jupiter was the god of the sky and had similar powers to the ancient Greek god Zeus. Throughout the novel the author incorporates this exclamation through the narrator, Marlow. It seems to be a common phrase of Conrad's time period, and a very common saying throughout the book.
“By Jove.” World Wide Words. 28 Aug. 2009. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-byj1.htm
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yes.. but why include it here? Why Jove? Any significance when thinking about the bigger themes of the novel?
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