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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...

It is no surprise that Conrad was a critic of British colonialism in Africa. This was not a bitter disregard for the whole country...

In five pages romanticism and modernism are compared in this consideration of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. There is 1 sour...

In five pages this paper considers the film's parallels with Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and also discusses influences of T...

In eight pages this paper discusses exploitation followed by power renewal in A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, Continental Dri...

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 five pages this paper contrasts and compares The Moment the Gun Went Off by Nadine Gordimer and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Con...

difference in the narrative techniques the authors have used. For Austen there is an immediate theme set up, a perspective that of...

weapons of mere humans" (BritMovie). They deem him a god and believe that he is "the incarnation of Alexander the Great, and Danie...

merely oppressed and used the natives. Kurtz is a man who is very diverse and very intelligent. He is a powerful speaker, a poet, ...

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...

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

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

equality that will arise between nations, will speed up the advances of...sciences" which has "led us to so many useful and import...

African author Chinua Achebe argues that the extended metaphor that Conrad uses to relate his principal theme is founded on the vi...

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...

complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves" (Bowers 91). Marlow is discouraged by other Europeans who work for the enigm...

powerful culture, its own people, and its own history. All of these elements make for a land that is very rich but yet Marlow does...

helmsman awfully... Perhaps you will think it passing strange, this regret for a savage who was of no more account than a grain of...

come to it, sure enough. The people had vanished. (Conrad Part I). This is a premonition of sorts about what he will eventually fi...

...preserve me!"(Tablet IX, Column I, 3-12). This forces him to begin to consider his own mortality, and for the first tim...

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

suspend his judgment. Ironically, what Kurtz has discovered horrifies Marlow and it seems to haunt him. He went in search of him...

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...

objective to amass a fortune while at the same time rule with an iron fist, author Adam Hochschild (1999) illustrates how one of t...

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

"unhappy savages" passes by, offers a reminder to his audience onboard the Nellie (and to readers) that initially seems completely...