regions under Britain’s control. Even though he may have taken pride in the extent of the British Empire’s territory‚ it does not mean that he agreed with their method of “civilizing” the natives after experiencing it first hand on his trip to the Congo. One might ask‚ how does Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ feed the concept of postcolonial criticism? Throughout the entirety of the work‚ we are shown British Imperialism through
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the Congo River‚ fuelled by an obsession of successful ivory trader Kurtz. Conrad discovers issues of disparity in races‚ darkness within humanity and the hollowness of European civilisation using various literary techniques‚ such as symbolism‚ imagery and foreshadowing. Conrad explores racial disparity‚ which causes the reader to question their own morality. Marlow’s journey demonstrates the perception of Africans by the Europeans‚ through slavery and discrimination. Before leaving to Congo‚ Marlow’s
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figure to the natives‚ and the tragedies of the Congo hidden from the Intended in hopes to keep her world peaceful. Even though‚ within the first half of the book Marlow mentions that he despises lying. As Marlow believes “the women are out of it‚ should be out of it. We must help them stay in that beautiful world of their own” (108). If he were to expose the truth to the Intendant‚ her grieving in the book would be far worst with the harsh images of the Congo haunting her because of the major sheltering
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ABSTRACT The field of human computer interaction has been undergoing a new renaissance lately. While many companies have‚ and continue to spend millions to develop highly visually appealing GUIs and state-of-art interaction systems for the common users since the inception of desktops‚ the development of interactive systems for the disabled has taken a kick start relatively recently. And the Eye gaze systems are one of the most pivotal inventions in this context. The Eye gaze System is a communication
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LASER TECHNOLOGY: ITS APPLICATIONS A Research Paper Presented To In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for English 2 (Writing in the Discipline) SY 2012-2013 INTRODUCTION Background Information of the Study In our world today‚ there is no such thing that could not be touched by technology. Even a single device can be beneficial and maybe unbeneficial to us humans. Since then‚ lasers are part of our new era of technology. Even the first laser was recognized
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Darkness the characters Marlow and Kurtz represent this theme. Marlow who is presented as a civilised character is hired during the Victorian period to work as a steamboat captain as the boat journeys into the Congo River in search of ivory. However when the boat travels further into the Congo River Marlow begins to see the savagery within‚ often
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the lack of sound could offer an even greater hazard‚ one of incognito and guerilla peril. Marlow consistently makes the menacing intentions of his surroundings known through his ironic language and ominous characterizations of his trip down the Congo. With such a passive motif as silence‚ Conrad proclaims irony proudly and affirms this novel’s cultural significance. To start‚ Marlow
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Darkness How Conrad presents his opinion on the horrors of Colonialism The Narrator tells the story from a ship at the mouth of the Thames River near London‚ England around 1899. Marlow’s story within the story is set in Brussels and in the Belgian Congo in Africa sometime in the early to mid 1890s‚ during the colonial era. European nations were in a hasty search for wealth and power. This was called the scramble for Africa‚ in which European countries competed to colonize as much of Africa as
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The aim of this paper is to reduce Swinburne’s Christian centered theodicy into a pantheistic theodicy via modification of Spinoza’s necessitarianism. To begin‚ I will accept the imperative conditions of Swinburne’s theodicy up to a certain degree. Consequently‚ the primary condition Swinburne’s theodicy and my proposal each share is the consequentialist disposition of the Divine. However‚ the noted degree at which these theodicies will deviate is the condition demanding objective moral judgments
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