In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ the author fiercely challenges imperialism. Through this challenge‚ he demonstrates the internal battles of good and evil. In his work‚ he also displays issues of personal morals and alienation. At the time the novella was written‚ Europe had established territories across the map. It holds true that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely‚ especially when said power reigns over the fate of humans in society. Conrad illustrates the corruption of
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Hunter Epperson Mr. Penner Research Paper November 4th‚ 2013 Kurdish Genocide The Kurds are located in the Middle East within several countries: Turkey‚ Syria‚ Iraq and surrounding lands. The raid on the Kurdish people first started in the 7th century with the conquering of their land by the Arabs (Rutgers‚ 2013). From the 7th century until the late 13th century‚ their lands were occupied by several different groups. From the 13th century until World War 1‚ the Ottoman Empire was in control
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* What are some of the different kinds of intelligence? According to Steven Mithen‚ what are the five different kinds of intelligence? Who are the Neanderthals? What happened when we met them? Did modern humans interbreed with them or did we exterminate them? Two models: * Hybridization: * Milford Wolpoff‚ * We carry around the remnants of Neanderthal DNA today * Descended from them * Out of Africa * Chris Stringer * Diverged long ago‚ two different
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In Heart of Darkness‚ Joseph Conrad relies heavily on the differences between appearances and reality to develop conflict in the story. From the appearance of the ivory trade and the continent of Africa‚ to the image of Kurtz himself‚ Conrad clearly shows us that appearances can be deceiving. As Marlow relates his story‚ the reader is drawn into a world of contradictions. These contradictions challenged the widely accepted European views of that time. When Marlow begins his quest to sail his ship
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result of his superior knowledge and eloquence. As is often evident in the history of man‚ once Kurtz finds he can control some of the ‘savages’ he begins to exert all of his power and control over them. Whilst the statement made by Kurtz‚ “Exterminate all the brutes” additionally contributes to the flawed character. In attempt to govern the uncivilised land‚ Kurtz turns to violence and fear. The question of whether the natives worship Kurtz through respect‚ or through fear creates the appeal of his
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Man has continually struggled with greed. In the pursuit of greed‚ morality breaks down. Author Joseph Conrad in his novel‚ The Heart of Darkness‚ implies that true darkness lies within people who abandon their humanity for greed. While the Europeans give the appearance of morality‚ they have no integrity. The accountant best personifies the abandonment of morals. The emphasis that the accountant places on balancing his books in the middle of the jungle confirms the importance of profits to the
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Likewise Kurtz was an emissary of western culture. And he has the notion that Europe can help to civilize the Congo. In his early life he was a man of sound views and an enlightened outlook upon life. As Jack in Lord of the Flies says we are English and we have to do the right things‚ Kurtz also in his report to International Society for Suppression of Savage Customs had wrote “We whites‚ from the point of development we had arrived at ‘must necessarily appear to them [savages] in the nature of supernatural
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but there isn’t anything horrific that Caesar has done with his ambition of power that has harmed anyone like Hitler has. Hitler believed all Germans were Aryans and that Jews were and should be treated as a minority. Hitler’s ambition was to exterminate every non-Aryan person. This was a dangerous thinking which led to his dangerous actions. But was Caesar’s ambition as evil a HItler’s? Leaving his country joy and pleasure within his will. This was an act of kindness from the heart of Caesar. This
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Eventually at the end of the story Marlow finds Kurtz‚ Kurtz becomes crazy and begins living in the wild‚ and attempts to bring him back to Europe but dies on the boat. He gives Marlow some personal documents and states his last words as “Exterminate all the brutes!” “The horror! The horror! “This confused Marlow and he never really knew what this meant. Marlow gives the report to Kurtz “cousin” and the rest to his fiancé‚ who he lies to stating his last words to him‚ was her name. Joseph
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It is not surprising that some great works of literature may have similar themes for they tried to engage and relate with real world. In both Shakespeare’s Othello‚ and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ there are also similar themes even though the works were almost three centuries apart. They reflect racism and stereotype. Racism is the belief of a certain group or people that they are superior compare to other races and stereotype is a thought or idea on particular person or thing by oversimplifying
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