" The air was dark above Gravesend... brooding motionless over the biggest, and the greatest, town on earth" (Conrad, 1)Gravesend is a town located on the Thames in the United Kingdom. Gravesend is at the very end of the river, leading into the Atlantic Ocean. The "biggest, and the greatest, town on earth" is in fact the ocean that the river is feeding into. (Edit) Conrad is using actual places to strengthen his setting.
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