Tanisha Wells MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET Title: Heart of Darkness Author: Joseph Conrad Date of Publication: 1902 Genre: Modern Novella Biographical Information about the Author Joseph Conrad was born on December 3‚ 1857 in Poland. Joseph Conrad’s father was involved in a revolutionary movement of Polish independence and caused the Russian government to keep Conrad’s family from staying in one place for long. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was seven years old and his mother’s
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Hero’s journey represents the descent into the unconscious. In Heart of Darkness‚ the hero is represented in Marlow and his personal unconscious is represented by the jungle‚ or the forest; the forest is traditionally dark‚ like a labyrinth. The most developed stage of Marlow’s journey is to realize his Shadow. When he reaches the jungle‚ he recognizes it. In the story the shadow character is Kurtz. The other archetypes aren’t quite as well developed; nevertheless‚ their meaning is very important in the
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in the characters of Kurtz and Marlow by showing how their inner desires begin to take control of their minds and demonstrating that there
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repeated blastings and the natives were referred to as ‘savages’ and ‘barbarians’. They were chained to each other‚ overworked‚ and starved. Many were left to die like animals. Marlow described the Eldorado Expedition as “sordid buccaneers.” Their only intent was to take the ivory from the land “with no more moral purpose.” Marlow sees the Expedition as a “merry dance of death and trade.” The Europeans justify their ruthless exploitation of the natives with claims of ‘enlightening’ them. However‚ civilisation
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he took into Africa to find a man named Kurtz for a company. During Marlow ’s mission to find Kurtz‚ he is also trying to find himself. He‚ like Kurtz had good intentions upon entering the Congo. Conrad tries to show us that Marlow is what Kurtz had been‚ and Kurtz is what Marlow could become. Every human has a little of Marlow and Kurtz in them. Along the trip into the wilderness‚ they discover their true selves through contact with savage natives. As Marlow ventures further up the Congo‚ he feels
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In Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad‚ Marlow displays moral ambiguity when he reacts to the conflict within the forest with the duality of good and evil. Duality of morals reflects the conflict between the light and dark‚ which respectively delineates the lies and truth. The moral ambiguity portrays mankind’s inner darkness that emerges once man is removed from civilization‚ which keeps the moral standard imposed on man. Marlow illustrates moral ambiguity to not only demonstrate both good and evil
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Darkness – Group 3 Report Characters – Group 3 Marlow * Marlow is the narrator of the novel. * He is currently travelling up the river in order to meet Kurtz‚ an infamous ivory dealer. * “Going up that river was like travelling to the earliest beginnings of the world” This quote displays Marlow as a representation of European settlers and their opinion that the land in which they were settling in is very primitive. * Marlow has a very strong work ethic and professional skills
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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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In Heart of Darkness‚ the main character‚ Marlow‚ comes across many trials and tribulations when traveling through Africa. During the time between 1876 and 1892‚ Africa was known as the “dark continent” (dark meaning evil.) Marlow’s trials and tribulations don’t only show the evil of Africa‚ but the embodiment of evil in the colonial bureaucracy and Kurtz by the actions they take towards the people/criminals in the community due to imperialism. Africa was like a cigarette‚ a start to destruction
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Darkness all characters are somewhat isolated due to their situations as explorers‚ but the two main characters Marlow and Kurtz react differently than the rest and differently than each other. Marlow seems
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