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    Charlie Marlow Marlow is the protagonist of the story‚ who ventures to Africa looking to sail a steamboat‚ but finds much more. The only physical description of Marlow is this: Marlow sat cross-legged right aft‚ leaning against the mizzen-mast. He had sunken cheeks‚ a yellow complexion‚ a straight back‚ and ascetic aspect‚ and‚ with his arms dropped‚ the palms of his hands outwards‚ resembled an idol (Conrad1615). Marlow was a professional seaman and the captain of the Congo Rive Steamboat. He

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    Darkness In Macbeth

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    He even pleads with the stars to hide themselves so they will not see his sin. He murders Duncan in the middle of the night‚ a time of darkness. His final encounter with the witches is also shrouded in darkness. Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking habit also occurs at night‚ and even she walks with a candle‚ an image of light she hopes will pierce through the darkness that now engulfs their

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    The book‚ The Word for World is Forest by Le Guin writes about colonization. In the book‚ people from Earth come to the planet Athshe to take the Athseans wood. Also‚ the humans from earth treat the Athsheans very poorly. Captain Davidson is one of the military leaders of the Earth people. Raj Lyubov is a specialist who tries to learn about the Athshean people. The Athsheans never learn to kill people until Davidson killed Selvers wife Thele. After Davidson kills some of the native Athsheans‚ the

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    Heart of 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

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    British colonialism

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    Why were the American colonies unhappy with the British government? By the 1770’s‚ Great Britain had established a number of colonies in North America. The American colonists thought of themselves as citizens of Great Britain and subjects of King George III. They were tied to Britain through trade and by the way they were governed. Trade was restricted so the colonies had to rely on Britain for imported goods and supplies. There were no banks and very little money‚ so colonists used barter

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    The Darkness Inside Built inside every human being is the need to abide by law‚ and to act civilized. But hidden much deeper‚ is the temptation to resist acting lawfully and resort to savagery. Sometimes‚ these two impulses conflict with one another and people are confused as to which desire to follow through with. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ Jack acts no differently. In the beginning of the novel Jack never strays from the law‚ he is always civil and lawful. As the novel progresses

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    Edward W. Said on colonialism and post-colonialism By Karl Tichy Edward W. Said led a life influenced much influenced by colonialism and post-colonialism. His expertise on the subject also stems‚ besides his first-hand experience in British schools‚ from his analysis of the works of Balzac‚ Baudelaire and Lautréamont. Said built his own opinion about colonialism and post-colonialism by his long study of this subject and combined it in his main work called “Orientalism”. In “Orientalism” he redefines

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    Colonial and Post-colonial perspectives Perspectives of people and landscape are shaped majorly by the media and written material. The media influences us to believe who is right and who is wrong in relation to the events in the 1800’s between the natives and the whites and written material like novels and movies give us different views on certain events and help us analyse the events from an objective view. White Man’s Burden‚ Secret River and Rabbit-Proof Fence are three examples in which the

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    Aparna T.V II-MA English Dr. Swaralipi Nandi 18-09-2014 Theme of Colonialism in ‘Things Fall Apart’ Introduction : Poet and novelist Chinua Achebe was one of the most important Africanwriters. He was also considered by many to be one of the most original literary artists writing in English during his lifetime. He is best known for his novel Things Fall Apart (1958). Born Albert Chinualumogo Achebe‚ Chinua Achebe was raised by Christian evangelical parents in the large

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    significance of dark and night in their poems. Although the poems differ in many ways they share a common theme of loneliness. They also use darkness as a symbol of their feelings. In the two poems “We Grow Accustomed to the Night” and “Acquainted with the Night” the authors use figurative language‚ sentence fluency and rhythms‚ and their word choice to reflect their similar views on the darkness of night symbolizing life experiences everyone has to face throughout life. Emily Dickinson uses the structure

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