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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... Brussels and meeting several troubling people ) , witnessed the results of European colonial- ism , responded confusingly to several black people and met a European colonialist , Kurtz , who had given in to unnamed ' lusts ' , performed ...
... Brussels , that he ' was an impostor ' ( p . 29 ) , an alien about to intrude on others , is confirmed by the image of the soldiers and clerks landing and landing and landing , like a foreign invasion , and by Marlow when he notes of ...
... Brussels to foreground certain issues and to instil in the reader a sense of foreboding : see the doctor and the Company's chief . The main function of Marlow's aunt might be seen as her getting Marlow a job , but through her ' the idea ...