result of his superior knowledge and eloquence. As is often evident in the history of man‚ once Kurtz finds he can control some of the ‘savages’ he begins to exert all of his power and control over them. Whilst the statement made by Kurtz‚ “Exterminate all the brutes” additionally contributes to the flawed character. In attempt to govern the uncivilised land‚ Kurtz turns to violence and fear. The question of whether the natives worship Kurtz through respect‚ or through fear creates the appeal of his
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Man has continually struggled with greed. In the pursuit of greed‚ morality breaks down. Author Joseph Conrad in his novel‚ The Heart of Darkness‚ implies that true darkness lies within people who abandon their humanity for greed. While the Europeans give the appearance of morality‚ they have no integrity. The accountant best personifies the abandonment of morals. The emphasis that the accountant places on balancing his books in the middle of the jungle confirms the importance of profits to the
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Likewise Kurtz was an emissary of western culture. And he has the notion that Europe can help to civilize the Congo. In his early life he was a man of sound views and an enlightened outlook upon life. As Jack in Lord of the Flies says we are English and we have to do the right things‚ Kurtz also in his report to International Society for Suppression of Savage Customs had wrote “We whites‚ from the point of development we had arrived at ‘must necessarily appear to them [savages] in the nature of supernatural
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but there isn’t anything horrific that Caesar has done with his ambition of power that has harmed anyone like Hitler has. Hitler believed all Germans were Aryans and that Jews were and should be treated as a minority. Hitler’s ambition was to exterminate every non-Aryan person. This was a dangerous thinking which led to his dangerous actions. But was Caesar’s ambition as evil a HItler’s? Leaving his country joy and pleasure within his will. This was an act of kindness from the heart of Caesar. This
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Eventually at the end of the story Marlow finds Kurtz‚ Kurtz becomes crazy and begins living in the wild‚ and attempts to bring him back to Europe but dies on the boat. He gives Marlow some personal documents and states his last words as “Exterminate all the brutes!” “The horror! The horror! “This confused Marlow and he never really knew what this meant. Marlow gives the report to Kurtz “cousin” and the rest to his fiancé‚ who he lies to stating his last words to him‚ was her name. Joseph
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It is not surprising that some great works of literature may have similar themes for they tried to engage and relate with real world. In both Shakespeare’s Othello‚ and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ there are also similar themes even though the works were almost three centuries apart. They reflect racism and stereotype. Racism is the belief of a certain group or people that they are superior compare to other races and stereotype is a thought or idea on particular person or thing by oversimplifying
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the Inner Station. This is evident where we are told Kurtz added a footnote to the end of a report he had written for the International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs‚ in an untidy manner‚ but at a much later time stating “exterminate all the brutes!”. This shows how Kurtz wanted the natives killed. This greedy and uncaring side had obviously emerged over time‚ as this report did not reflect these
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Darkness begins his expedition into the Congo believing that “‘by the simple exercise of [...] will we can exert a power for good practically unbounded” (Conrad 61). This idealistic man turns into a merciless killer making his own declaration “exterminate all the brutes!” (62). Milius and Coppola’s Kurtz is the Vietnam rendition of Conrad’s. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now begins “one of the most outstanding officers this country’s ever produced. He was brilliant. He was outstanding in every way. And he was a
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The fear of these two forces against a nationalized Germany would be used by Adolf Hitler to gain power. In Italy‚ Benito Mussolini used alliances with the Catholic Church‚ unions‚ and industry bosses to gain political power. That‚ along with using brute force against his political opponents‚ Mussolini’s form of Fascism was gradually built with eleven years of severe political maneuvering. Both Hitler and Mussolini took advantage of a political environment to form a new lofty ideal‚ fascism‚ an ideal
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Analysis of the Armenian Genocide The Ottoman Empire had been in a steady decline for years and a new government and identified a problem‚ the Armenians‚ to blame. In an attempt to solve their problem‚ the Ottoman Turks attempted to exterminate the entire Armenian population‚ known as genocide‚ as the solution. However‚ the Turks deny the existence of a genocide and claim it was a civil war between the Armenians and themselves. Despite claiming the Armenian Genocide was a civil war‚ it is clear that
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