heart of darkness quizzes Flashcards
marlow is compared to what as he sits crosslegged and hands out
buddha
this too has been one of the dark places of the earth
this=
london
what spots did marlow have a hankering after as a boy on a map
spots that were blank
who helped marlow get this job
aunt
where?
company manager
central
where?
grove of death
outer
where?
burning shed
central
where?
rusting rivetss
outer
where?
brickmaker
central
where?
portrait
central
where?eldorado expedition
central
where?
sunken steamer
central
where?
scape goat
central
where?pilgrims
cental
where?reclaimed black man
outer
where?
hole in bucket
central
where?
haridresser’s dummy
outer
where?
grass unaffected by two shadows
central
what words does marlow heart that kurtz said thatt sound noble
trying to civilize the savages
who entered the woods and was received like a diver into the ocean
the eldorado exploring expedition
what was comparing to a beetle crawling othe floor of a portico
teh steamer
what kept marlow from going ashore for a howl and a dance
his work kept him busy
who does marlow describe as an improved speciemn
the helmesman
who is aboard the steamer with marlow on the congo
some pilgrims, 20 cannibals, helmsman, company maannger,
what is the channel
deepest part of the congo
Ah my boy, trust to this—i say trust to this
manager’s uncle to manager. saying wilderness will take care of marlow
you stand the climate—you outlast them all
manager’s uncle to manager
what does it mean that “the scoundrel..recovered imperfectly”
the uncle and company manager are talking about how kurtz recovered form his illness
he was useful because he had been instructed
the helmsman
where does ivory come from
tusks of elephants
each station should be like a ____ on the road toward better things
beacon
what was described as a “grimy beetle that crawledon the floor of a lofty protico
steamship
portico
talll lofty high porch
five things that marlow describe as restraints
work beliefs, self apearance side walks pavement police
unique appearece of marlow’s helmsamn
bone in bottom lip
scars on cheek
dressed in white mena’s clothing
was liike tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship
what is it
tattered book on seamanship
4 things that drove kurtz over the edge
isolation
hnger
living in the congo
aaway from white people
what does marlow think of woman
they are fragile-will break under reality, should stay in parlor with teacup
my ____, my ______ my ____, my ______
intended
station
river
ivoery
why hasn’t the wilderness taken vengeance on the russian
he just wants adventure. taking nothing else
kurtz’s material aspirations
ivory
money
what were kurtz’s less material aspirations
to be worshipped’ power
i was anxious to deal with this shadow by myself alone
I=marlow
shadow-kurtz
he rose..like avapor exhaled by the earth before me
he-kurtz
me-marlow
it had horns
native sorceror
if he makes a row we are lost, i thought to myself
he-kurtz
i was on the threshold of great things
i-kurtz
i tried to break the spell of the wilderness that seemed to draw him to its breast by awawkning brutal instincts
i-marlow
him-kurtz
this alone had beguiled his unlawful soul beyond the bounds of permitted aspirations
this -wilderness
heis=kurtz
and i wasn’t aruging with a lunatic, either
i-marlow
his intelligence was perfectly celar–concentrated upon himself with horrible intensity, yet clear
his-kurtz
but his soul was mad
his-kurtz
fierce river demon-
steamship
i pulled the string time after time–
marlow
stretched her bare arms after us over the somber and glittering river
mistress
and then that imbecile crowd down on the deck started their little fun, and i could see nothing for the smoke
crowd-piilgrims
one evidence of orgiinal kurtz
gives marlow his stuff in order his good legacy to contriue
one evidence of hollow sham
my inteneded, my station, my career, my ideas
of course, you msut take care of the motives-right motives-always
kurtz
one morning he gave me a packet of papers and a photogaraph
kurtz
i looked at him as you peer down at a man who is lying at the bottom of a precipice where teh sun never shines
i -marlow
himkurtz
and i foudn with huiliation that probably i would haven othing to say
i - marlow
true, he had made that last stride, he had stepped over theedge, while i had been permitted to draw back my hesitating foot
he-kurtz
what edge? life and death
i heard once more the echo of his magnificent eloquence..from a soul as pure as acliff of crystal
krut’z inteneded
describe intended’s house
3 long windows in the waiting room-floor to ceiling
large, marble white fireplace, grand piano like a sarcphagus
a tall door
describe the intended
dressed in all balck
pale
fine hair
why does the darkness deeped in the house of the intended
marlow feels so much guilt aobut the sham of the kurtz and sees the savagery not the original kurtz.
threshold
doorway or entacne
lofty
high up or large in amount
postscript
exterminate all the brutes
