gloom" (3). "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 convections" (3). "Marlow sat cross-legged right aft‚ leaning against the mizzen-mast. He had sunken cheeks‚ a yellow complexion‚ a straight back‚ an ascetic aspect‚ and‚ with his arms dropped‚ the palms of hands outwards‚ resembled an idol" (3). "The water shone pacifically;
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Heart of Darkness Revisited he quotes Miller’s The Disappearance of God and Poets of Reality. In addition to Thomas quoting Miller‚ both critiques adopt similar approaches in their essays. One of the first passage they quote from Heart of Darkness is Marlow informing us “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‚ in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made visible by the spectral
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second reason for the association of modernity with Conrad’s novel is the way he employs the imperfect style of the chronology of the text. This is evident in the story when it is apparent that Conrad’s main character Marlow questions himself about whether what he knows about Kurtz is accurate‚ casting doubt on previous chapters in the novel (Conrad 2014‚ p. 29). Both of these examples accentuate the link between traditional Victorian-era values and the ideology of modernism. It is the juxtaposition
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Oct. 25‚ 2013 The Transformations In She Stoops To Conquer The transforming of Kate and Marlow‚ who become the couple finally‚ links all the plots in the play She Stoops To Conquer‚ also this play was praised highly in the 18th hundreds‚ part of the reason might be the splendid transformations between two main characters made by Oliver Goldsmith. As a successful laughing comedy‚ the transformation of Marlow contributes momentously‚ not only in the aspect of developing the story‚ and also attracting
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Characters * Charles Marlow - The central male character‚ who has set out to court the young attractive Kate Hardcastle. A well-educated man‚ "bred a scholar"‚ Marlow is brash and rude to Mr. Hardcastle‚ owner of "Liberty Hall" (a reference to another site in London)‚ whom Marlow believes to be an innkeeper. Because Marlow’s rudeness is comic‚ the audience is likely not to dislike him for it. Marlow is sophisticated and has travelled the world. Around lower-class women Marlow is a lecherous rogue
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of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad‚ Charlie Marlow‚ an introspective sailor accurately discusses restraint and several of its aspects through an encounter he has with the natives. When the native’s hippo meat spoils and thus they are left without food‚ Marlow admires the quality of self control and restraint displayed by the supposed cannibals. While observing with a slight hint of respect and surprise at the lack of savagery they’re exhibiting‚ Marlow questions whether they did not kill them due
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Written IOC – Heart of Darkness Extract "Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world‚ when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings. An empty stream‚ a great silence‚ an impenetrable forest. The air was warm‚ thick‚ heavy‚ sluggish. There was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine. The long stretches of the water-way ran on‚ deserted‚ into the gloom of over-shadowed distances. On silvery sand-banks hippos and alligators sunned themselves
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for darkness because they make Marlow feel “uneasy” and “not quite right” (Conrad 55). Moreover‚ Marlow’s “troubled” (55) state is similar to the effect the Congo has on Marlow and everyone who travels into it. When Marlow is with the two knitting women‚ he believes he has been led into a “conspiracy‚” saying that the pair of women know how “foolish” (55) Marlow is in his mistake. Furthermore‚ the women’s “placidity” gives Marlow an “eerie” feeling‚ allowing Marlow to realize that he is about to
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Marlow‚ the narrator‚ while trying to relax underneath a tree‚ comments harshly on the white worsted around an African American’s neck: “it looked startling around his black neck‚ this bit of white thread” [...] “Where did he get it?” (Conrad). The opposed colors between the thread and the native’s skin create a shock for Marlow. He does not believe the native is fit to have such a refined “thread from beyond the
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symbolic journey into the deepest recesses of human nature. On a literal level‚ through Marlow ’s narration‚ Conrad provides a searing indictment of European colonial exploitation inflicted upon African natives. By employing several allegoric symbols this account depicts the futility of the European presence in Africa. One of the first glimpses into the frivolous occupation of Africa by the Europeans is seen when Marlow recounts his journey to Africa aboard a French steamer. The immensity of Africa is
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