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  • Heart of Darkness Key Points

    Heart of Darkness Key Points

    At the start of the novel, Marlow, along with the four other men, watch the Director of Companies. Marlow makes this note about him while the Director is looking seaward: “It was difficult to realize his work was not out there in the luminous estuary, but behind him, within the brooding gloom” (1). One would think that the Director’s work would be in the future, out before him and waiting to be taken care of.

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    Essay Length: 1,279 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Heart of Darkness/things Fall Apart

    Heart of Darkness/things Fall Apart

    Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” and Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” share many similarities and differences. One similarity is the way that Europeans treat the Africans as inhuman. Another similarity is how in despair the Africans resort to death to deal with what Western culture has brought to them. A difference in the books is that in “Heart of Darkness” the Europeans were already settled into Africa while in “Things Fall Apart” the Europeans don’t settle until

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Heart of Darkness - Beginning Through Marlow’s Being Hired as a Steamboat Captain

    Heart of Darkness - Beginning Through Marlow’s Being Hired as a Steamboat Captain

    Part I Beginning through Marlow’s being hired as a steamboat captain. Summary At sundown, a pleasure ship called the Nellie lies anchored at the mouth of the Thames, waiting for the tide to go out. Five men relax on the deck of the ship: the Director of Companies, who is also the captain and host, the Lawyer, the Accountant, Marlow, and the unnamed Narrator. The five men, old friends held together by “the bond of

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Apocalypse Now Vs Heart of Darkness

    Apocalypse Now Vs Heart of Darkness

    Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now lacks the impact of its inspiration, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. While the basic elements of imperialism and human nature remain intact, the characters of the film bare little resemblance to their literary counterparts. The film serves as a re-interpretation of Conrad’s novella, updated from 19th-century British imperialism in the Congo to a critique of 20th-century U.S. imperialism in Southeast Asia. Coppola’s changes in setting and plot structure, however, force

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Heart of Darkness - Things Fall Apart and Apocalypse Now Comparison

    Heart of Darkness - Things Fall Apart and Apocalypse Now Comparison

    Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse once wisely noted, “Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties”. The entire ensemble of characters in Heart of Darkness, Things Fall Apart and Apocalypse Now are filled with a strong sense of tradition and culture. This culture not only dictates ritualistic and hollow day to day practices; it begins to define the profound inner

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: July
  • Comparison of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now

    Comparison of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now

    Important Note: If you'd like to save a copy of the paper on your computer, you can COPY and PASTE it into your word processor. Please, follow these steps to do that in Windows: 1. Select the text of the paper with the mouse and press Ctrl+C. 2. Open your word processor and press Ctrl+V. Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, and Apocalypse Now, a movie by

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Mike
  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

    In Heart of Darkness, Marlowe’s tale begins and ends in literal darkness and even though Joseph Conrad allows many themes to present themselves, the strongest always prevails, Marlow’s darkness. The setting of the novel is often utterly dark, such as when Marlowe retrieves Kurtz or possibly the black skinned people that live along the Congo River; and, of course, the uncertain, almost eerie tone that suffocates the novel. Darkness can, for example, represent evil, the

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Top
  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

    We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an unknown planet. We could have fancied ourselves the first of men taking possession of an accursed inheritance, to be subdued at the cost of profound anguish and of excessive toil. But suddenly, as we struggled round a bend, there would be a glimpse of rush walls, of peaked grass-roofs, a burst of yells, a whirl of black limbs a

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    Essay Length: 341 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Edward
  • Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

    Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

    “Heart of Darkness” written by polish –born writer Joseph Conrad and published in 1902 is the main basis for Francis Ford Coppala’s Oscar winning film “Apocalypse Now” created in 1979. Joseph Conrad show his great knowledge of the Imperialist activities and their consequences to man while Francis Ford Coppalla interprets the story in a setting involving the Vietnam War and sets out to show the damages of war. Both stories show the “civilized” interacting with

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Heart of Darkness Vs. Apocalypse Now

    Heart of Darkness Vs. Apocalypse Now

    Heart of darkness vs Themes: the hypocrisy of imperialism: Marlow’s adventures show us the horrors and the realities of colonization and Civilization. Kurtz does not hide the harshness of the reality Of the cruelty that the natives are facing. He uses harsh words such as“extermination”. His direct honesty leads to his downfall because it exposes the realities that the outside world is not aware of or the colonizatIon of Africa. It also shows the negative

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Artur
  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

    One of the many similarities between Heart of Darkness and "Apocalypse Now" is race. Joseph Conrad and Francis Coppola both use white men as the characters that have dominance (Bradley). The white men not only dominate their respective crews, but also the peoples native to the country the white men are visiting. The character Conrad uses, Marlow, and Coppola uses his character, Willard, both look at the natives as though white men are the civilized

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

    It can be said that a certain degree of darkness lies within every person, but this darkness will not surface unless given the correct environment. The darkness, however, can emerge and ultimately destroy the person if not checked by reason. If one's inner darkness does surface, the victim then is given the opportunity to reach a point in personal growth, and to gain a sense of self- knowledge from it. That is, when one's darkness

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: David
  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

    HEART OF DARKNESS by James Conrad On a boat anchored in the Thames River outside London, a sailor by the name of Marlow observes to several friends that this land was once a place of darkness, an uncivilized wilderness. This reflection leads him to remember an incident in his past, when he commanded a steamboat on the Congo River; his story forms the remainder of the novel. In his tale Marlow is a young man

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: July
  • The Women of Heart of Darkness

    The Women of Heart of Darkness

    The Women of Heart of Darkness The novella Heart of Darkness illustrates readers with three different types of depictions that men had of women during the late 1800’s; also known as the imperialistic era. These depictions were as follows; the naive woman, the mistress, and the wealthy widow. The naпve woman was personified by Kurtz intended. The mistress was personified by the native African woman. The wealthy widow is personified by Marlow’s aunt. This assumption

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Jack
  • Response Paper on the Heart of Darkness

    Response Paper on the Heart of Darkness

    RESPONSE PAPER ON THE HEART OF DARKNESS I want to do my short paper on The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and compare this story with the spirit of industrialization. I was going to support this idea based on nature of the soul and relate that to Kurtz by showing that nature of the soul is that involving irrational and rational components , irrational being needs and, instincts or wants but can be controlled

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: regina
  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

    Nature’s Sword I was not really sure what to say, looking down, not up, at the glistening peaks around me. Just penetrating the clouds, their snowcapped summits stood out against the dense green bases of the mountains faintly visible through the billowing white blanket floating above. Rivers flowed industriously through the mountain passes bringing with them the means to support more advanced fauna. Of course, this scene of life was only my view of

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Heart of Darkness Vs. Apocalypse Now

    Heart of Darkness Vs. Apocalypse Now

    Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, and Apocalypse Now, a movie by Francis Ford Coppola can be compared and contrasted in many ways. By focusing on their endings and on the character of Kurtz, contrasting the meanings of the horror in each media emerges. In the novel the horror reflects Kurtz tragedy of transforming into a ruthless animal whereas in the film the horror has more of a definite meaning, reflecting the war

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Heart of Darkness - the Horror of Man

    Heart of Darkness - the Horror of Man

    The Horror of Man Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” is a tale of two men who work for an ivory company in the heart of Africa. The two men, Marlow and Kurtz, come to see the horror that hides behind the trappings of civilization and every day life, the true darkness within all mankind. Characterization, symbolism, and tone are important in Joseph Conrad’s construction of the main idea behind the “Heart of Darkness”. The

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Janna
  • Chaos Theory Portrayal in Heart of Darkness

    Chaos Theory Portrayal in Heart of Darkness

    In Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, the strongest conflict is an internal conflict that is most prominently shown in Marlow and Kurtz. This conflict is the struggle between their image of themselves as civilized human beings and the ease of abandoning their morality once they leave society. This inability has a close resemblance to the chaos theory. This is shown through the contrast of Kurtz as told by others and the actuality of

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Compare and Contrast Heart of Darkness/apocalypse Now

    Compare and Contrast Heart of Darkness/apocalypse Now

    Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is the story of Captain Willard’s journey up the Nung River in Cambodia to kill a general, Kurtz, who has lost control of himself. It is set in the Vietnam War and is a very gritty and affecting film. Imagine my surprise when I learned that it was sort of based on Joseph Conrad’s famous novella, Heart of Darkness. Conrad’s book, the tale of the sailor Marlowe’s African

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Real Heart of Darkness

    The Real Heart of Darkness

    The Real Heart Of Darkness Heart of Darkness is not only the title of Joseph Conrad’s novella, it is also a main theme. This is portrayed through different images of darkness, black and evil throughout his story. The setting is often used with images of darkness; even as Marlow tells his tale, it is night. This ‘darkness’ is inside many concepts of the novella such as Africa, women, black people, maps, the ivory trade corporation

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

    In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, one can draw many theories as to what Conrad’s views of African Colonization are. One of the most obvious and monotonous themes of this novel would be African racism and discrimination. So, did Conrad write this novel as a way to condone the acts of savage European imperialism and slavery, or, to make us realize what they did was unethical? I believe he was a racist, and you will

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: David
  • Heart of Darkness - Outline

    Heart of Darkness - Outline

    Marlow stands on the Thames River and remarks that the land he and his comrades is standing on was once a place of darkness and an uncivilized wilderness · Through nostalgia he remembers an incident from his past when he commanded a steamboat on the Congo River. · He talks about the Company’s chief accountant who first mentions Kurtz to him. · The accountant tells him that Kurtz supplies more ivory for the company than

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Edward
  • Comparing Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now

    Comparing Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now

    Comparing Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now The book Heart of Darkness and the movie Apocalypse Now have a similar plot but takes place in different times and a world apart. Apocalypse now is a modern version or interpretation of the book Heart of Darkness written in 1902. The theme of in both is that of a white man traveling to a foreign country where they dominate their own crew as well as the natives.

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    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Vika
  • Summary of Heart of Darkness

    Summary of Heart of Darkness

    Part I Beginning through Marlow’s being hired as a steamboat captain. Summary At sundown, a pleasure ship called the Nellie lies anchored at the mouth of the Thames, waiting for the tide to go out. Five men relax on the deck of the ship: the Director of Companies, who is also the captain and host, the Lawyer, the Accountant, Marlow, and the unnamed Narrator. The five men, old friends held together by “the bond of

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Edward

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