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    When Marlow tries speaking to his crew about the situation‚ they think he went mad with fear and show no emotion‚ remaining apathetic. The madness of losing emotions resulted from the colonial administration‚ as the many dangerous situations force the crew into an apathetic state. The natives loom over them with the ability to kill them at any time‚ and since those situations exist as a part of a colonist’s life‚ the colonialism drove the men to apathy and therefore madness. When the situation dies

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    In the twentieth century‚ nihilistic themes‚ such as moral degeneration‚ man¡¯s bestial instincts at the core of the soul‚ and cosmic purposelessness‚ have preoccupied many works of literature and philosophy. Joseph Conrad¡¯s Heart of Darkness is no exception. In his novel‚ Conrad uses a unique writing style to explore man¡¯s fundamental fallibility and moral confusion in an existential world through his character¡¯s journey on the Congo River. The story¡¯s exposition sets the stage as Marlow

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    Apocalypse Now is loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness. In the novel‚ the main character‚ Marlow‚ is taking a trip up the Congo River in Africa to meet the ivory hunter‚ Mr. Kurtz. Coppola’s movie is pretty faithful to the source material except in the portrayal of the character Willard‚ played by Martin Sheen. In the novel at the end of his ordeal in Africa‚ Marlow becomes embittered with society as a whole‚ where once he was a conforming member of it. As the movie begins‚ Willard

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    Howard’s End of Darkness: The Unconventional Narrator E. M. Forster’s Howards End is a tale told by a third person omniscient narrator‚ most of the time. Now and then there is a departure where our narrator identifies himself as the author of the work‚ and interjects commentary. This pattern emerges in the very first sentence of the work‚ where the narrator tells us “[o]ne might as well begin with Helen’s letter to her sister.” This immediately sets up the reader to consider the role of the

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    Almost every person has told a white lie to protect someone’s feelings. Yet‚ not every white lie can be interpreted in countless ways and demonstrates ulterior motives. Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness follows Marlow’s journey deep into the Congo during an era of European Imperialism. Along his passage he encounters the horrors and immorality of European Imperialism and a deranged yet successful ivory agent named Kurtz‚ whom he watches achieve success but surrender to madness‚ disease‚ and

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    and other goods. When the men go out to conquer new worlds and change the world into a civilized society‚ they tend to adapt to the environment of the region they visit‚ sometimes for the worst. In Joseph Conrad’s turn of the century novella‚ Heart of Darkness‚ Conrad suggests that change in environment can lead to a change in one’s state of mind‚ including the transition to evil. While some believe that the environment that a person resides in cannot influence their perceptions‚ most people would

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    A1 Dark vs.: Light “Between us there was‚ as I have already said somewhere‚ the bond of the sea. Besides holding our hearts together through long periods of separation‚ it had the effect of making us tolerant of each other’s yarns—and even convictions.” (Conrad 1) In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ Marlow is a sailor who is telling his story to his fellow boatmen when traveling to a port in Africa up the Congo River. When talking

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    "True‚ by this time it was not a blank space any more … it had become a place of darkness." (Heart of Darkness) Examine the significance of ‘blank spaces’ in THREE novels of the 19th and/or early 20th centuries. The ellipsis in the titular quote refers to an important omission: "it [the blank space] had got filled since my boyhood with rivers and lakes and names. It had ceased to be a blank space of delightful mystery – a white patch for a boy to dream gloriously over."1 Conrad’s Marlow highlights

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    Darkness" The speaker begins his poem as a “dream” but “not all a dream” (line 1)‚ immediately casting doubt upon the narrative to follow. The poet then imagines the end of the world through a series of natural‚ social‚ and possibly supernatural events. The gloomy‚ cold earth wanes for weeks or months‚ long enough for men to “forget their passions” (line 7) and turn their hearts only to survival or despair. To stave off the darkness‚ they burn everything they can‚ including their homes. Both

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    The book Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the movie Apocalypse Now directed by Francis Coppola tell a similar story of a leader being given a mission of finding Kurtz. They each lead a group of men on this quest and ultimately succeed in their mission. But Marlow and Willard have different motivations‚ a different view of Kurtz‚ and different goals for the mission. Both Marlow and Willard have different motivations. Marlow’s motivation is to survive and to get money‚ while Willard’s motivation

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