Consider Kurtz's pamphlet for the "International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs"--Kurtz's pages of "eloquence" and its "luminous and terrifying" postcription: "Exterminate the brutes! In what sense has "All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz" ?
And why does Marlow feel the need to try to "account to myself for--for--Mr. Kurtz--for the shade of Mr. Kurtz" ? Rescue or Grail Mission? Does this comparison seem ironic, accurate, or both?
Is Marlow on a kind of quest? Does his journey bear any parallels, for example, to the Romantic quest of Faust? Marlow's boat is attacked by Kurtz's natives, we learn, because "'They don't want him to go'" And at one point Marlow sees "a face amongst the leaves Note how she will be compared to Kurtz's European fiancee, the "Intended.
This statement follows Marlow's proclamation: "I laid the ghost of his [Kurtz's] gifts at last with a lie" Consider the relationships among these statements to Marlow's notion of a redeeming "idea," his earlier statements regarding "lies," and their implications for Marlow's actions in the final scene the interview with the Intended in Part III. Consider the characteristic ways that Marlow describes the African jungle setting--the "wilderness"--in Part II: e. What part does the African "wilderness" play in this novel?
Part III Conrad What is the function of the Russian in the novel? What motivates him? What is his relationship to Kurtz? Why does Marlow consider the Russian "bewildering," "an insoluable problem" ? What do we and Marlow learn about Kurtz from the Russian? What was Kurtz doing in the "heart of darkness"? What do the "heads on the stakes" reveal ? How do you interpret Marlow's response to this "savage sight": he says, "pure, uncomplicated savagery was a positive relief"--from what?
Why does Marlow scoff at the description of the heads belonging to "Rebels! The heads, Marlow decides, "only showed that Mr. Kurtz lacked restraint What is the "deficiency" that Marlow perceives in Kurtz--the lack of "restraint" that left Kurtz vulnerable to "the wilderness [which] had found him out early, and had taken on him a terrible vengeance for the fantastic invasion" ? Marlow describes Kurtz repeatedly as "a voice"--again see Part II. What other terms used to describe Kurtz seem to you particularly important?
The African woman, "a wild and gorgeous apparition," appears on p. Note how she is described, the gesture she makes more than once e. What is her significance? The manager judges Kurtz's "method What "method" and of doing what, does the manager have in mind? Why does Marlow react the manager with such disgust?
I had never breathed an atmosphere so vile" What prompts Marlow to turn, instead, "mentally to Kurtz for relief"--and ultimately pronounce Kurtz "a remarkable man" ? Marlow observes that he has "at least a choice of nightmares" : what "choice" does he mean?
See also pp. What is the source of Marlow's feeling of kinship with Kurtz? What leads him to call himself "Mr Kurtz's friend--in a way" , to confess that "I did not betray Mr. Kurtz--it was ordered I should never betray him" , to take into his keeping Kurtz's personal papers and his fiancee's photograph, and to remain "loyal" to Kurtz to the end?
Amid drum beats and "weird incantation" dying in the night, "a strange narcotic effect" coming over him, Marlow discovers Kurtz missing. Then Marlow experiences "a sheer blank fright," an "overpowering" emotion induced by "moral shock The sensation lasts "the merest fraction of a second"; then Marlow follows Kurtz's trail into the darkness.
What "moral shock" has Marlow experienced, do you think? When Marlow finds Kurtz, it is the "moment, when the foundations of our intimacy were being laid" Marlow tries "to break the spell--the heavy, mute spell of the wilderness--that seemed to draw [Kurtz] to its pitiless breast"--and understands what "had driven him out to the edge of the forest What is driving Marlow into this terrible "intimacy" with Kurtz?
Here, in the heart of darkness, Marlow proclaims: "Soul! If anybody had ever struggled with a soul, I am the man" Kurtz's soul, "Being along in the wilderness, I tell you, it had gone mad. I had--for my sins, I suppose--to go through the ordeal of looking into it myself" Interpret this moment of crisis--for Kurtz and for Marlow.
On board the boat, moved by the "brown current What opposing forces do you believe struggle within Kurtz? What "diabolic love and Do you see any correspondences with Faust?
To what do Kurtz's final words, "The horror! The horror! It is because of Kurtz's last words, finally, that Marlow affirms, "Kurtz was a remarkable man" Why does Marlow call these words "an affirmation, a moral victory" ? With him are the Director of Companies their Captain , a lawyer, an accountant, and Marlow , the novel's protagonist.
As the sun sets, the four men become contemplative and brooding; eventually, Marlow breaks the spell of silence by beginning his tale about his voyage to the Congo. The other men remain silent while Marlow collects his ideas, after which he begins the story proper. The remainder of the novel becomes with a few exceptions the narrator's report of what Marlow tells him and the others on board the Nellie.
Conrad 's novel is thus a frame story , or story-within-a-story. As a boy, Marlow was fascinated by maps and yearned to become a seaman or explorer who could visit the most remote parts of the earth. As a young man, Marlow spent approximately six years sailing in the Pacific before returning to London — where he then saw, in a shop window, a map of Africa and the Congo River.
Recalling the news of a Continental trading Company operating in the Congo, Marlow became determined to pilot a steamboat to find adventure in Africa. He asked his aunt, who knew the wife of a Company official to assist him in getting a job as a pilot; she happily complied. Marlow hurried across the English Channel to sign his contracts at the Company's headquarters in Brussels.
Passing through an office with two women who are knitting, Marlow spoke with the Company's director for less than a minute; after being dismissed, he was asked to sign a number of papers in which he promised not to divulge any trade secrets.
Marlow finally reached the mouth of the Congo. Finding passage on a little sea-bound steamer to take him where his steamboat awaited him, Marlow spoke with its Swedish captain about the Company and the effects of the jungle on Europeans. Kurtz emphasized godlike image is to show why Kurtz became what he did and how Marlow retreats from this fate. Marlow is the hero in the traditional sense of the word, while Kurtz is the more modern hero, often referred to as the anti-hero.
Marlow starts out as just as everyman, trying to put some bread on the table. His original plans were setting out to make money, but his journey turns into so much more. This is the reason why I affirm that Kurtz was a remarkable man.
How is Marlow described in Heart of Darkness? Category: music and audio country music. Marlow is a thirty-two-year-old sailor who has always lived at sea.
The novel's narrator presents Marlow as "a meditating Buddha" because his experiences in the Congo have made him introspective and to a certain degree philosophic and wise. Marlow's chief qualities are his curiosity and skepticism. What is Marlow's attitude towards the natives? Why does Marlow go to Africa? What is the main idea of Heart of Darkness? Why is Heart of Darkness important? What was Marlow's job in Africa? What is the horror the horror in heart of darkness?
How does Marlow describe Africa? Why is Marlow obsessed with Kurtz? Does Marlow kill Kurtz? Who is Mistah Kurtz? What is Marlow's first name? What does Kurtz symbolize? What are the symbols in Heart of Darkness? Why does Marlow admire Kurtz?
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