... to meet Kurtz he is ill, decrepit, and to the point where he can barely speak. There are other minor characters such as the group of pilgrims, a Russian wanderer, and Kurtz's intended. The group of pilgrims accompanies Marlow on his trip to the interior; they are greedy, self-interested, one dimensional characters. Every time natives where around they were all found holding ... , they question what it is keeping them from becoming barbaric like the savages. In Kurtz's case, he enters the heart of darkness with the noble goal of bringing civilization and progress, but no sooner does he ar...

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... ). As the steamboat makes its slow approach to the last station, Marlow feels as if he's travelling back to the beginning of time. He and his crewmen-a boilermaker, a helmsman, several pilgrims, several deckhands (cannibals), and the manager of the second station-often hear the roll of drums behind the blanket of trees that cover the river's edge. The drums draw Marlow ... and Marlow must face the darkness within themselves. What does it really mean to civilize? Who is really darker? The corrupt man who exploits other men in the name of progress, the man who imposes his beliefs on other ...

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... and brutal instincts, by the memory of gratified and monstrous passions (Conrad 83)."" Marlow found that the heart of darkness is hidden within every creature that walks this earth. The pilgrims who made the journey with him thought that he was a cold and heartless man who felt no remorse for anything that he did. This could not have been farther from ... , and reveals itself in many different ways; this is what Conrad wants the readers of the story to take away from it. Without good and evil the world would never progress, it would become a stagnant place to live where nothing ever gets...

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... did not tame the native. Another reoccurring term was the symbol of the "pilgrim". A pilgrim was a native worker or a low life European who sailed on the African rivers. "as the pilgrims were unloading the cargo, Marlow watched the river (128)." The name Kurtz has symbolic meaning in the German language as meaning non restrictive. Symbolism was the main aspect of the ... it. But as he stayed they longer he realized the savage beast was present all over the so called "civilized" world. Theme: The darkness, the mysterious unknown, and opposing all progress were the major themes in the nov...

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