lowering herself in order to prove herself superior. In context of the play‚ the title could be argued to refer both to Kate’s plan to trap Marlow and to Goldsmith’s purpose of using “low comedy” to convince his audience to embrace it. The former is a good description of the irony of Kate’s plan: in order to convince herself she is a worthy match for Marlow‚ she has to first convince him she is of a low class. However‚ the title also describes Goldsmith’s purpose: he wishes to convince an audience
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Before being published in the present form of the novel‚ Heart of Darkness was printed in a serial form in 1899 and then part of a volume entitled Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories in 1902. Based on Conrad’s own personal experiences after the African country of the Congo and the famous Congo River flowing through this country the story assumed the present novel. It was in this year 1890 that Conrad had performed his sailing trip upon the river Congo as a captain or skipper of a Belgian steamship
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imperialism through Marlow‚ who is glad to see the "vast amount of red" on the Company’s map; which represents British territory. Marlow is grateful that the "real work is done there"; meaning salvation‚ religion‚ culture and commerce. Conrad takes advantage of his position and the position of the colony. He portrays the reality of colonialism of the District Manager; a real imperialist. Marlow finds that the fact that the manager is never ill is his only positive quality. Marlow basically
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they are that superior to them. There is a lacking sense of morality in the second section of the novel. The manager and his uncle plot how to hang Kurtz and/is his Russian assistant. As they further progress into the congo “The heart of darkness” Marlow notices that the crew begins to change behaviors. They go from the civilized state of mind gradually into a more barbaric one. This leads to the idea that as the English some into the country and try to change them to be more sophisticated they are
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readers‚ I could only come to the conclusion that he was referring to the horror being a form of emptiness‚ a profound nothingness that lies at the heart of everything. At the beginning of the novel‚ Kurtz’s character has been a great mystery to Marlow and everyone else. And as the story progresses‚ we learn that his immersion in the wilderness has fundamentally changed him. Living deep in the woods of Congo‚ among ‘savages’ and cut off from the outside world‚ Kurtz has learned some deep‚ dark secrets
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from the novella and in a sense absolve himself from any racist criticism the book may induce. The abuse of power is also a key theme in the novella itself. Firstly there is a sense of hypocrisy in the novella where the abuse of power is concerned‚ Marlow seems to have a slight reluctance to abuse his power over the natives‚ however he abuses his power before he even gets to the Congo‚ when he attains the job unfairly through the position held by his aunt in the company. Secondly the idea that the
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...................................... 3 Ambivalences resulting from narrative aspects .............................................. 4 2.1 Characteristics of narrative form .............................................................. 4 2.2 Marlow - an unreliable narrator? .............................................................. 7 Ambivalences through imagery .......................................................................... 9 3.1 Symbolism in landscape portrayal ..........
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most impactful works is The Heart of Darkness‚ written in 1902. This short story describes the main character Marlow‚ a seaman‚ recounting a story of imperialism suffered by Africa in detail. Conrad’s writing style is uncommon‚ using particularly dark diction and imagery along with unique syntax. Conrad’s diction is described by many as being melancholy. At the beginning of the story‚ Marlow and his shipmates are stuck on a flooded river. They were condemned to wait and examine their surroundings.
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Anti sentimental comedy The sentimental comedy did not last long. The sentimental soon degenerated into sentimentality. This change gradually manifested itself in the advent of replace wit and immortality in the comedy. In this sentimental comedy of Colley Cibber and Steele there was conventional morality and sentimentality in place of grossness of the restoration comedy. These dramatists dealt with the problems‚ of conduct‚ family and marriage in a tone that will no longer shock decorum and by
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It is stated in a the book that‚ as for Marlow‚ "the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside‚ enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze" (Chapter I). the story is called "inconclusive." Generally‚ the meaning can’t be cut down to a few sentences
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