Heart of Darkness: Character StudiesBloomsbury Academic, 2008 M05 27 - 110 pages Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) is one of the most important literary works of the early twentieth century. It has provoked much critical debate, on issues such as fin de siècle doubt and pessimism, European colonialism, racism, and misogyny. Engaging with the novel's characters is crucial to understanding its complexity and its criticalhistory. |
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... Chapter 1. On the Nellie Chapter 2. Before the Congo Chapter 3. On the Congo Chapter 4. At the Inner Station Chapter 5. Kurtz's Women ? Conclusion : Through the Characters to the Key Themes and Issues Notes Guide to Further Reading ...
... CHAPTER 4 : AT THE INNER STATION 1 There are many instances of delayed decoding in Conrad's work , including : ' Wait ! ' , which is taken to mean a command to halt but is then understood to be someone's name ( p . 10 ) , in The Nigger ...
Character Studies Ashley Chantler. 4 See also the discussion in Chapter 1 on how each reader perceives and determines the ' haze ' differently , and in Chapter 3 on Marlow slipping into a solipsistic , epistemologically uncertain world ...