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    HEART OF DARKNESS Conrad’s works‚ Heart of Darkness in particular‚ provide a bridge between Victorian values and the ideals of modernism. Like their Victorian predecessors‚ these novels rely on traditional ideas of heroism‚ which are nevertheless under constant attack in a changing world and in places far from England. Women occupy traditional roles as arbiters of domesticity and morality‚ yet they are almost never present in the narrative; instead‚ the concepts of “home” and “civilization” exist

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    Heart of Darkness Conrad‚ Joseph Published: 1902 Categorie(s): Fiction‚ Literary Source: University of Virginia 1 About Conrad: Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Korzeniowski‚ 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born novelist. Some of his works have been labelled romantic: Conrad’s supposed "romanticism" is heavily imbued with irony and a fine sense of man’s capacity for self-deception. Many critics regard Conrad as an important forerunner of Modernist literature. Conrad’s

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    who spends his life trying to atone for his cowardice during a shipwreck in his youth. Other works include: Under Western Eyes (1911)‚ set in nineteenth-century Russian repression‚ Victoria (1915)‚ set in the South Seas‚ and the story The Heart of Darkness (1902) that reveals the terrifying depths of human venality‚ is one of the most popular stories of Conrad. Almost all his works reflect a certain sadness. His style is rich and vigorous‚ and his narrative technique used in speech interruptions chronologically

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    Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century not only as a literary classic‚ but as a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad’s narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz‚ dying‚ insane‚ and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. More recently‚ African critics like Chinua Achebe have pointed out that the story

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    The Transformation of Marlow - Conrad’s Explication of Europe’s Colonial Practice in Africa In “Heart of Darkness” Conrad introduces his protagonist Marlow‚ his journey through the African Congo and the “enlightenment” of his soul. With the skilled use of symbols and Marlow’s experience he depicts the European colonialism in Africa‚ practice Conrad witnessed himself. Through Marlow’s observations he

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    L I T CHA R T S TM Heart of Darkness Key Facts Full Title: Heart of Darkness Genre: Colonial literature; Quest literature Setting: The Narrator tells the story from a ship at the mouth of the Thames River near London‚ England around 1899. Marlow’s story-within-the-story is set in an unnamed European city (probably Brussels) and in the Belgian Congo in Africa sometime in the early to mid 1890s‚ during the colonial era. Climax: The confrontation between Marlow and Kurtz in the jungle Protagonist:

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    Tough and Tougher Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is by far the most difficult book I have ever read in my schooling career‚ despite the fact not much reading has occured. Regardless‚ this book was still a fascinating read‚ after all the trouble of course. I will openly admit I did sparknote the hell out of this book‚ but I will also say that I would read it first then check sparknotes to see if what I was getting out of the book was actually correct. In some parts I was correct but from other’s

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    Heart of Darkness   Joseph Conrad was able to introduce and build both external and internal conflicts that continue to develop throughout the text with the use of literary techniques such as external dialogue‚ internal dialogue and figurative language. Marlow‚ the protagonist‚ tells his story and is listened to by the first person narrator‚ creating external dialogue that illuminates Marlow’s internal conflict. The narrator himself then alludes to his own conflict of fear through internal dialogue

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    THEMES IN HEART OF DARKNESS 1. GOOD VS EVIL Much of Heart of Darkness is concerned with Marlow’s struggle to maintain his sense of morality as power conspiracies rage all around him and the mysterious figure of Kurtz piques his curiosity. Marlow’s desire to do good grows increasingly futile as he is plunged into a world where no absolute goodness exists and the best he can do is choose between a selection of nightmares. Eventually‚ we see that the characters become unable to distinguish between

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    Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Marlow’s Modest White Lie According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary‚ the definition of the verb to lie is to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive. In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad‚ Marlow lies to Kurtz’s Intended. When asked by Kurtz’s Intended what Kurtz’s last words were‚ Marlow replies “‘The last word he pronounced was – your name’” (75). Marlow lies to Kurtz’s Intended by telling her that Kurtz’s last name was her

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