An iconography is a symbolic representation that carries the hidden meaning of a term, an image and an object. Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Achebe's Things Fall Apart both comprehensively describe many symbolisms of specific objects and all are attached to different types of meanings. Although Heart of Darkness is a famous literature that was criticized by Chinua Achebe and each of their works represents different viewpoints during a similar period in history, the two literatures have a similarity in that They exploit iconography in relation to race, class and identity with their own interpretations of symbols and icons. Heart of Darkness is full of stories about race and racism. Generally speaking, Europeans are the main racist characters who appear in the text and talk about race more often than other characters. Most European characters constantly use racist expressions to describe indigenous Africans. The book shows most of the part where Marlow, the protagonist, has more claim to the native Africans than the other European characters. Marlow is an iconography of race and the theme of racism. In the text, Marlo...