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Africa is symbolic of delving into the darkest recesses of the human soul. Conrad reveals that when Kurtz came to the Congo he w...

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...

goading and nagging, contributed to Macbeths downfall; however, when one examines the play that the main impetus to Macbeths actio...

the dream-sensation, the co-mingling of absurdity, surprise and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt". Conrad urges hi...

happening with the sun and waves; a tiny, "bloody" sun arises at noon, and at night the water "burnt green, and blue and white" (C...

that Africa has on the Europeans in the story. His argument, therefore, it that imperialism is wrong, not so much because of what ...

foundation, upon which the subsequent action and characterizations are constructed. The mise-en-scene, which is featured in the o...

God had created an idyllic paradise for man, and it was only when a winged Satan invaded the peaceful calm and inflicted his exist...

making of an immense success" (Conrad Chapter III p. NA). Marlow could not deny such facts he really had no knowledge of, and yet ...

Ancient Mariner is perhaps the greatest Romantic statement about the consequences of psychic separation of an isolated individual ...

Warren in his famous essay on "Mariner" stated the primary theme is that humanity needs to, somehow, live in harmony with Nature, ...

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...

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"...

to be successful. Iago does seem to make an impact on Roderigo at one point, however, when Roderigo claims imagines Desdemona and ...

without power, who plays the role of the colonizer. He is a teacher and a controller of the story itself, thus he serves as a symb...

become a renegade, a murderer, and set himself up as a sort of king over the natives of the region. Conrad makes the exploitation...

"color meaning" website lists exactly these same colors: red, blue, green, orange and purple, plus black and white, as the ones it...

limited at best. The average American will probably not ever venture off her shores. Often, the more technologically advanced cult...

that no manipulation of light and pose could have con- veyed the delicate shade of truthfulness upon those features. She seemed re...

understanding that perhaps all humanity possesses this inherently dark nature. In one excerpt from the novel one can see this st...

home and sees his wife. He tells her of the prophesy and she immediately sees that the way for him to get the crown is to kill the...

darkest impulses are given free reign. Through the eyes of Marlow, Conrad makes it clear that Kurtzs nineteenth century notions of...

that would make him a hero. He does not make powerful decisions and he does not truly step outside any realm within himself or soc...

central point of the narrative. The company accountant is the first character to refer to Kurtz and he tells Marlow that Kurtz i...

to cultures outside of our own is limited at best. The average American will probably not ever venture off her shores. Often, the ...

and explored his own intellectual and moral identity (p. 122). This suggests that Conrad created Marlow in order to explore his ow...

the irony of the Congo River, which is described as the antithesis of the Thames, which is the location from which Marlow tells th...

in terms of black and white, but this should not necessarily be construed as a racial connotation. He enjoyed the tranquility of ...

"Black shapes crouched, lay, sat between the trees leaning against the trunks, clinging to the earth, half coming out, half efface...

who come to Africa and find themselves overwhelmed by it. One example of the way in which Marlow puts his interpretation on things...