Heart of Darkness: Plot Summary (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Narrative structure of Heart of Darkness
Narrative structure of Heart of Darkness
Frame narrative - story within a story
Kurtz's role in the novel
Kurtz's role in the novel
Isolated ivory agent at Inner Station
Kurtz's violent postscript in his report
Kurtz's violent postscript in his report
'Exterminate all the brutes!'
Kurtz's last words before death
Kurtz's last words before death
'The horror! The horror!'
Three phases of Marlow's journey
Three phases of Marlow's journey
To Central Station, upriver to Kurtz, chaotic return
Marlow's lie to the Intended
Marlow's lie to the Intended
Said Kurtz's last words were her name
Gruesome decoration at Inner Station
Gruesome decoration at Inner Station
Human heads mounted on stakes
Ironic term for European clerks
Ironic term for European clerks
'Pilgrims' - pursuing material gain, not enlightenment
What Marlow encounters at Outer Station
What Marlow encounters at Outer Station
Dying African labourers, brutal colonial exploitation
Symbolic ending on the Thames
Symbolic ending on the Thames
Thames darkens, linking to British Empire's darkness