HOD study guide Flashcards
10 symbols of savagery
congo howl and dance rotten hippo meat heads on stakes native sorceror cnnbials mistress grove of death wilderness
8 autobiographical elemetns
conrad did go on the congo conrad is mrlow diary about the trip the knitting women accountant at outer station company manager boat was sunk when he got there got sick kurtz- klein fainting fat man
6 stereotypes of blacks and what they represent
cannibals rep savagery helmsman-reclaimed scapegoat-black beaten man black with white string-europe choking life canoers-belong here with nature mistress-wilderness black with gun-traitor
three examples of sound imagery
howl and dance squirt pop voice of wilderness-whisperes kurtz's voice
one irony
philantrhopic pretnese- noble cause -= nothign noble about it
5 examples of naturalism in the novel
man of war firing -lugubrious drollery
el dorado being consumed like a sea over a diver
beetle on the floor of a lofty portico
two shadows on grass did not bend a single blade
squiring winchesters
helmsman’s body swept away by current
10 symbols of civilization
london thames sidwealk butcher policeman clotehs parlow white string intendeed boook about seaman ship painting of blind justce lights on thams
ways the wilderness is personified
mouth-mute or whispers face heart bosom- capegoat crawls into bosom passionate soul-native misteress stood up in moonlight and venges kurtgz it beguiles and tricks
two lies
marlow tells kurtz’s intended last words
lie of omission-being part of the gang of virtue to the brickmaker
3 ways that marlow protects kurtz’s rep
tears off PS
keeping last words a secret
he defends kurtz to the maanger
3 major themes
power corrups man's inhumanity to man 2 sides to every man's heart imperialism restraints/ lack of restraints
one irony in the novel
kurtgz being short
4 examples of foreshadowing
clerk's words calipher fates fresleven's fate roman phrase
6 religious images
drums- Christian scapegoat pilgrims praying to ivory pitiful jupiter halo on intended buddha paper macha mephistophles
10 color images
blue eyes-company manager-cold harlequinn-patcheso f colors map- colors brussles- white ivory-white white linen- corruption dark green so much its black-forest black knitting colorful lights on the thames-civiliaztion
4 women stereotypes
fiance and aunt-naivety
mistress-wilderness
intended- what civilization thinks it should be
accountant’s person- recliamed
7 clothign imagery
septs into fresleven's shoes throws bloody shoes overboard russian asks for shoes starched clothes kurtz's mistress's accessories russian's patched clothing white string on neck women in black intended in black
two ironies
black / white
white is usually purity but now its guilt
two major themes
faith keeps a man from becoming hollow
man is ineffective when pinned against nature
5 light symbols
chief accountant's clothing- light, white beacon-kurtz's quote lights on river- civilization torch of blind justic candle at end- kurtz's life fire-ceremonies light around intended's foreheard
6 contrasts
civilization vs. savagery sanity vs insanity congo vs. thames black vs. white marlow vs kurtz
6 white men stereotypes
russian- adventure fat man- europe lazy chief accountant- work manager- hollow kurtz-coruption el doroado--insiginfigance
7 restraints
work beliefs appearance police sidewalk butcher health
