Light vs. Dark

In the story A Clean, Well-Lighted Place Hemingway uses many different terms and descriptions to give off the feeling of lightness and darkness. An example of darkness is the constant mentioning of the setting being 'very late'. When I think of night time I think of darkness and, well, evil. There's really no 'bright' side to it being very late at night, besides being able to go to sleep. Another example of darkness is the different examples of emotions mentioned throughout the story. Despair, loneliness, fear. These emotions are all brought up in the story, causing the story to have a depressing and dark vibe. The third example of darkness is how the cafe is explained at looking. The story tells the readers that the tables of the cafe are all empty except for the one occupying the old man. There are multiple mentions of the cafe having shadows coming through the windows, which happen to have metal shutters. While reading I never really came across any stand out lightness symbols, but when I did, they were always followed by a dark description. When I read A Clean, Well-Lighted Place I was truly expecting a nice happy story, but when I finished the piece I felt somewhat depressed.