Heart of Darkness: paragraph 80

"I felt often its mysterious stillness watching me at my monkey tricks, just as it watches you fellows performing on your respective tight-ropes for-- what is it? half a-crown a tumble ---" At the end of paragraph 80, Marlow continues to create an ominous atmosphere as he travels down the river with the cannibals piloting the ship. The personification of the "mysterious stillness watching" Marlow depicts the unclear journey he continues to explore. Pages 394-395 is also where Marlow begins to go crazy which continues through out the rest of his expedition through Africa's wilderness.