... The city of Brussels itself reminds Marlow of a "whited sepulchre-(p 14) which in the Bible, in Matthew's Gospel, is described as a pure and white fazade hiding death and decay. Then there's the story of Marlow's predecessor Fresleven, a gentle, quiet man who goes on a wild rampage, and the ... , there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent. Pop, would go one of the six-inch guns; a small flame would dart and vanish, a little white smoke would disappear, a tiny projectile would give a feeble screech - and nothing happened. Nothing could happen. There was a touch of insanity in...

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... even be horrifying. Quite surprisingly, this mentality does not pertain exclusively to the Englishmen in Europe. At one point during Marlow's voyage down the Congo, his boat hits an enormous patch of fog. At that very instant, a "very loud cry" is let out (Conrad). After Marlow looks around and makes sure everything is all right, he observes the contrasts of the ... whites and the blacks expressions: It was very curious to see the contrast of expression of the white men and of the black fellows of our crew, who were as much strangers to this part of the river as we, though their homes w...

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