Conrad of Montferrat

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only be described as “savage,” shown by his choices in decoration: "Curious, this feeling that came over me that such details would be more intolerable than those heads drying on the stakes under Mr. Kurtz's windows…that was only a savage sight…" (Conrad). He has abandoned the powers of the superego that regulate his behavior and given into the savage within. Kurtz has given into id, a mind that is in a lustful and irresistible state, tempting human nature. While in the heart of darkness, Kurtz…

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remembering his journey through the Congo. When thinking of the Congo, he remembers the feelings and sadness he had towards the natives of that country. By using his memories, he is giving the readers and effect on the light and darkness of the jungle. Conrad uses Marlow to show the darkness of England in the beginning of the story. As he describes it as dark and uncivilized. The people in the story are out until dark trying to finish anything that they were doing and trying to get home as…

Conrad loved literature, a spark he perhaps inherited from his father, Apollo Korzeniowski, a Polish aristocratic literary critic and poet. As a small boy, Conrad's father taught him to read French and Polish translations of English literature. However, Conrad’s childhood turned tumultuous after both of his parents died from Tuberculosis, and following their death Conrad was sent to live in Switzerland with his mother’s brother, Tadeusz Bobrowski. In his early years, Conrad bounced between…

Marlow travels from his home East of London up the Congo River into the heart of Northern Africa. Contrary to what one might think, Marlow is not particularly fond of his fellow Europeans and already holds assumptions he has made about them. He stereotypes the white Europeans as ignorant and monotonous. When he first arrives he immediately thinks of a “whited sepulchre” (54). It is clear that Marlow resents Brussels because of his use of this description. The metaphor relating the city to a…

oremost, the gruesome imagery Conrad creates to depict Kurtz’s property illustrates narcissism: a form of mental disease fueled by the lack of empathy, and the craving for power in his psyche. The obsession to be seen as superior can derail one’s life. For instance, Kurtz is seen as a powerful man to all, because he was “[ivory’s] spoiled and pampered favorite”; the amount of ivory he acquires for the Company made him legendary among his peers (Conrad 115). Due to his immense success, Kurtz was…

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examines the evil and moral decay within the heart of every person. Throughout the novella, Heart of Darkness explores the notion of evilness and cruelty within a person’s heart. Upon arriving in the Congo, Marlow witnesses “countless [natives]” (Conrad 18) who are “chained” (21) and “beaten” (21) like animals. The white men view the natives as “worthless savages” (39), who should be used as “slaves” (23). The Europeans exemplify their ruthlessness by treating “savages inhumanly” (41) and by…