Conrad Flashcards
Heart of Darkness begins in a flood of light on the Thames. It is early evening and reflected light prior to nightfall is effulgent beyond excess seemingly, although nature is simply being recognised for its might
from luminescence to darkness on the Thames
The shutters on the steamer show how the boat is outfitted for protection plus a slatted of viewing of the natural world that passes by.
shutters and fog
Africa presents to Marlow a virtually unbroken display of continual vistas that are natural, and remind us of the environmental domination that opened the novella on the Thames.
the expansive primeval jungle as all
In its silence and its ‘high stillness’ Marlow absorbed nothing approaching a jungle identity and was returned to his own musings.
silence mystery darkness
Once Marlow leaves the Thames we may better understand the controlling elements of a framing narrator, and his role as storyteller.
the grove of death ~ the outer station
It will take a journey to the other end of this giant snake on the map to see how Marlow is caught up in his own sensations
in between worlds
It’s hard to know with Marlow just how much of what he tells in his story is admiration for the wilderness
defining the Congolese
Nevertheless, Marlow could not entirely consign the ‘black human shape’ to some Holocene period that had stood still across time
defining their home
The frontier of the vast continent of Africa had its beginnings as an intrigue in an early phase of Marlow’s life.
psychological harm
Kurtz perished in the selfish pursuit of Imperial greed, and therefore, became a picture of European ignorance.
imagery of defeat
