Essays 61 - 90
and explored his own intellectual and moral identity (p. 122). This suggests that Conrad created Marlow in order to explore his ow...
own ship, Otago" (ClassicReader.com). The same year also saw him become an official British citizen. "In the following years Co...
that Africa has on the Europeans in the story. His argument, therefore, it that imperialism is wrong, not so much because of what ...
all the boys are acclaimed as heroes. Jim regrets having missed his chance to be a hero and resolves to be ready the next time. ...
"Heart of Darkness" about Marlows river journeys in the Congo, questions of the inhumane treatment of Africans began to surface. T...
In eight pages this paper discusses Joseph Conrad's battles with depression and how this affected his novel Heart of Darkness. Ni...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares The Moment the Gun Went Off by Nadine Gordimer and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Con...
In five pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of generating greater understanding in a consideration of psychology and symb...
on the storys being about Marlow, rather than Kurtz, regarding it as a journey into Marlows consciousness. The student should als...
Though not his most famous work, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer is a showcase for the author's command of language. This paper ...
In 5 pages this paper analyzes the novella by Joseph Conrad in an examination of what is symbolically implied by the stowaway Legg...
intent of exploiting its people, resources, or land. This definition fairly well characterizes the attitude with which the British...
In twenty pages this paper discusses two types of Western literary irony and how each is represented in the works of Jonathan Swif...
In six pages this paper analyzes the quest for self in a discussion of Charlie Marlow's enlightenment in Heart of Darkness by Jose...
In 12 pages the naivete of individuality as it is thematically developed in both novels is examined. There are no additional sour...
In five pages Kurtz and Marlow's relationship is the focus of this Heart of Darkness character analysis. There are 3 sources cite...
In 5 pages this paper examines how Western civilization's failure is conveyed by Joseph Conrad by the characterization of Kurtz in...
an employee of the Company who has become erratic, and bring him home. In so doing, Marlow has to face his own "heart of darkness"...
so moved by the portrayal of Adam that he begins to identify with Adam. Like Adam at the beginning of creation, he, too, is lonely...
then. He gets a very powerful and intriguing adventure when he attempts to pull a ladder into the ship, only to discover a man att...
the boy some cookies. Marlow meets one of the men from his company, on the street and joins him in his hut office, but after a sh...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the character of Marlow and the Self and Other examinations this characterizaton provides the r...
In 6 pages the novel's narrator characterization is analyzed in a consideration of Marlow's imperialism support and cultural bias ...
In 5 pages this paper examines how inadequately is thematically expressed in such literary works as 'The Secret Sharer' by Joseph ...
in the serial killer, who through circumstances, lost all feeling and compassion for other human beings. One can see that there ar...
the irony of the Congo River, which is described as the antithesis of the Thames, which is the location from which Marlow tells th...
be. To say that someone is remarkable seems to elevate him above the crowd. Why does Marlow consider Kurtz a remarkable man? Brudn...
the ears of company officials. Marlow accepts this mission, travels upriver, and confronts the horror that Kurtz has become. In ot...
that no manipulation of light and pose could have con- veyed the delicate shade of truthfulness upon those features. She seemed re...
come to it, sure enough. The people had vanished. (Conrad Part I). This is a premonition of sorts about what he will eventually fi...