HEART OF DARKNESS PART III

Bastante English III

PART III Marlow is astonished by the Russian, he’s the only white man in colonial Africa not looking for _____________________________– he instead is looking for “space to _____________ in”

“If the absolutely pure, uncalculating, unpractical spirit of adventure had ever ruled a human being, it ruled this…___________” (Winston about the Russian)

The Russian tells Marlow that Kurtz “talked of everything”

Kurtz is a god to the natives – they help him raid the jungle for ivory – first evidence for Marlow that shows Kurtz _______________________________, also emphasizes the power of his speech

How does one talk of nothing when talking of everything? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART III (CONT’D) The Russian tells Marlow that Kurtz has been through too much to be judged as other men are judged. “He hated all this and somehow couldn’t get away”

That is a good disclaimer to what Marlow sees next – ___________________________________surrounding the building where Kurtz is staying

Emphasizes that even the eloquent, magnificently talented Kurtz is _________________________________ at the core

The Russian doesn’t understand why Marlow is so upset with Kurtz – he can’t see past his eloquence

Kurtz is carried out of the house on a stretcher by the pilgrims – “an animated image of death _________________________________”

What does Kurtz look like in this moment? ________________

PART III (CONT’D) Kurtz’s mistress’s comes to see Kurtz – a “_____________________________” African woman – representative of the darkness that comes from within the jungle (betraying his Intended)

Kurtz and the General Manager get into an argument because the General Manager cares more about the __________ than he does about Kurtz – Kurtz, as most Europeans do, thinks of himself very highly while the GM cares greatly about wealth

The GM tells Marlow and the Russian that Kurtz was bad for the Company, as if to _____________ his coming death

What does Marlow like more about Kurtz than he does about the General Manager? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART III (CONT’D) The Russian exits for fear of his life from the General Manager and his men

He tells Marlow that it was ____________ who ordered the attack

Later, Marlow finds Kurtz crawling in the jungle in the middle of the night. Marlow forces Kurtz to battle his own soul, saying “_________________________________”

Kurtz ultimately chooses civilization and returns to the ship to leave the jungle

As they are getting ready to depart, the natives come to the shore and the pilgrims begin shooting – pointless gunfire is a product of their _______________________________________________________________________________________________

As they travel downstream, the General Manager is pleased. Why? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART III (CONT’D) The ship breaks down and Kurtz worries he won’t live to see Europe. He tells Marlow to _________________________ so the GM won’t get to them

Kurtz cries out “the horror! The horror!” and then dies – there is no answer to the hollowness of civilization Marlow was looking for, _________________________________________

Marlow becomes jealous of Kurtz as he himself begins falling ill – he can’t think of any last words and Kurtz always had something to say

Marlow returns to Europe where he is nursed back to health but _________________________________ (the dangers of the jungle last forever in the mind)

Why would people in Europe see Marlow as being petty and silly? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART III (END) A man from the Company comes to retrieve Kurtz’s papers and Marlow gives him On the Suppression of Savage Customs but tears off the page that says “____________________________________” – he still wants to protect his reputation

Kurtz’s cousin and a reporter come by to talk to Marlow – they both say similar things, that Kurtz was very talented – “_________________________________________,” but that had little to do with anything _____________________________________

Marlow goes to see Kurtz’s Intended and gives her the last of his letters – she continues mourning and wearing black _____________________________________________, she is ignorant to Kurtz’s true nature

Marlow tells her that Kurtz’s last words were ___________________. He couldn’t bring himself to show her the harsh reality

The novel ends with the narrator looking off into the distance, saying that the Thames seems to lead to the “_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________”