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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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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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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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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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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health‚ however‚ and he returned to England to recover. He returned to sea twice before finishing Almayer’s Folly in 1894 and wrote several other books‚ including one about Marlow called Youth: A Narrative before beginning Heart of Darkness in 1898. He wrote most of his other major works—including Lord Jim‚ which also features Marlow; Nostromo; and The Secret Agent‚ as well as several collaborations with Ford Madox Ford—during the following two decades.
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of European Imperialism. Along his passage he encounters the horrors and immorality of European Imperialism and a deranged yet successful ivory agent named Kurtz‚ whom he watches achieve success but surrender to madness‚ disease‚ and ultimately death. However‚ a particular scene that sheds a light on the novel as a whole takes place when Marlow visits Kurtz’s Intended a year after his death and lies to her about Kurtz’s final words. Although it could be interpreted in countless ways‚ Marlow’s lie
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the Narrator describing the scene from the deck of a ship named Nellie as it rests at anchor at the mouth of the River Thames‚ near London. There are five men on board the ship—the Director of Companies‚ the Lawyer‚ the Accountant‚ the Narrator‚ and Marlow‚ bound by the “bond of the sea”‚ old friends from their seafaring days—settle down to await the changing of the tide. They stare down the mouth of the river into the Atlantic Ocean‚ a view that stretches like "the beginning of an interminable
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