and personalities of Conrad’s central characters Marlow and Kurtz‚ it seems that this idea catches up with each of them at some point in Darkness. Marlow’s ideas of honesty and efficiency‚ compassion‚ ignorance‚ and even his view of the world he resides in are very dynamic and ever changing. His drive to see and experience Kurtz is what drivess the whole story‚ as it is more a psychological journey than a physical one. Throughout the story‚ Marlow is thought to be honest to the core‚ all the while
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sometime in the early to mid 1890s‚ during the colonial era. Climax: The confrontation between Marlow and Kurtz in the jungle Protagonist: Marlow Antagonist: Kurtz Point of View: First person (both Marlow and the Unnamed Narrator use first person) Narrator: Heart of Darkness is a framed story: Marlow tells the story of his time in the Congo to an unnamed Narrator‚ and the Narrator describes hearing Marlow tell the story to the reader. GET LIT TM w w w. L i t C h a r t s . c o m Background Info
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would have to say the two characters mainly followed in this story “Kurtz” and “Marlow” struggle between who is the real protagonist. Even though to story clearly depicts Marlow as the protagonist it still push you to feel for Kurtz and makes you try to justify his decisions and actions to make him be better then what he is in the reading. Marlow is this guy sent to drive a steam boat in the uncivilized jungles of Africa. Kurtz a man torn between revolutionary and slave to the European governments
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novella Heart of Darkness‚ by Joseph Conrad. As Marlow takes on the journey to find Kurtz‚ he really is taking a journey to find himself. Much to his dismay he realizes that the same evil Kurtz possesses‚ he possesses as well. Conrad uses this realization to show the reader that under the right circumstances‚ evil can overtake anyone’s mind and actions. When Marlow was sent on the mission to find Kurtz‚ his true self came out. Kurtz was like Marlow when he first entered the Congo; he had good
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Marlow’s Tale The famous novel‚ Heart of Darkness was written by Joseph Conrad in 1899 in England. The protagonist‚ Marlow‚ is an intelligent‚ brave‚ complex individual. The unknown narrator‚ along with the three other passengers onboard the boat‚ are listening to Marlow’s story being told from the first person perspective. The novel takes place in many locations and changes as the tale progresses. The Thames River and the Congo are just some of the locations where Marlow’s tale takes his listeners
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story Significance Adjectives Marlow Kurtz general manager Kurtz’s Intended Marlow’s aunt Russian trader African mistress of Kurtz protagonist‚ narrator of interior story both antagonist and‚ in a way‚ protagonist chief agent of Company in Africa Kurtz’s fiancée in Brussels aunt of Marlow‚ secures Marlow’s job with Company
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prominent in Kurtz‚ but Marlow was able to restrain himself from going as far as Kurtz did. This was done by Marlow be observant of Kurtz and his own moral sense. Throughout the story Marlow is able to realize the loss of moral senses in Kurtz. This is due to the isolation Kurtz experienced while he was surrounded by the dense jungle. This led to Kurtz realizing he could do anything he wanted‚ which led to him to loss his morality sense. The Congo is filled with savages‚ whom Kurtz is the prodigy
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into one’s inner spirit. The main character Marlow is on a journey to Africa to meet Kurtz‚ a man of great abilities. Marlow joins The Company‚ a trading company in the Congo‚ in order to be able to travel. Marlow’s journey takes course on the Congo River whose current is flowing strong in the opposite direction. The journey up the river is long and gruesome for Marlow and his crew. They endure encounters with the natives of the land and Kurtz. Marlow had to fight off evil to be the person he wanted
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language in Heart of Darkness is present from the beginning to the end. With the opening paragraphs describing the Nellie‚ a "cruising yawl‚" the weather‚ the view of the Thames River and London as a group of men sit ‚ waiting for the tide to change. Marlow is constantly describing the jungle river and environments that he encounters. Conrad ’s use of sensory effects are excellent. From the Beginning‚ readers seem to be
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The Meaning of the Congo River for Marlow‚ the journey on the Congo River is one of the most difficult and ominous journeys he will ever take. The fact that it takes him around and not completely into the jungle is significant of Marlow’s psychological journey as well. He never really goes on land but watches the shore from the outside. The only time he goes on shore he finds a wasteland. For Marlow the jungle of the Congo is representative of evil that man is capable of. In Heart of Darkness‚ it
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