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Prompt: How does Conrad show the relation between insanity and physical illness? How does this book show the impact of someone's environment on their mental health? Intro: Have you ever been to a new place and felt uneasy? Perhaps it was creepy, unusual, or just foreign. That is how the characters in Heart of Darkness felt when they traveled to the Congo. Everything was foreign and strange and, after a while, it took a significant toll on their mental and physical health. Thesis: Conrad shows…

Beethoven relationship with his father was considered unsatisfied and inferior. The father was always hard and cruel to Beethoven when he was a children, which make Beethoven did have a content relationship with his father, due to the actions the father gave him. Beethoven generally suffered a tragic childhood; his father was also an alcoholic, creating more complications in Beethoven’s life. Moreover, his father would frequently abused him. The father would consistently force him to…

The tell-tale heart The tell-tale heart was a mysterious book. It seems that the narrator was as crazy as a Christmas nut. The way the story is laid out give it more of a sense of mystery. Later the narrator killed the old man just because his vulture eye. That is the work of a mad man. The narrator of the tell-tale heart was a murderer because it says in the text that he killed the old man just because his eyes. The narrator said that the old man’s eye is the eye of a vulture. The way…

Thousands of people perished as a result of a deadly category-five hurricane twelve years ago. Similarly, Marlow’s journey forces him to contend with nature’s power. Although the Congo keeps the natives ashore, it still jeopardizes Marlow’s safety. As he travels deeper, the River becomes more threatening, and throughout the remainder of Marlow’s quest, it proves itself to be his adversary. Literary experts have compared Heart of Darkness’ Congo River to a sanctuary, offering explorers an…

Nationalism was hardly a new phenomenon in the 20th century, stemming all the way back to the days of the Enlightenment. By the 1900s, though, it’s reach had captured the attention of the globe. By 1914, these feelings of superiority — while hardly new in Europe — were at a boiling point, with ethnic minorities demanding freedom from multinational empires, especially the Austro-Hungarian Empire; such demands culminated in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the immediate cause of the…

Canada and its Allies finally celebrated triumph over the loss of Germany in 1945, during the second world war. What Canada did not know the danger from the Nazis will soon be taken over by a threat to the U.S. and the USSR’s cold war. The Cold War happened between the western allies and the Soviet Union after the second world war due to having a very different political system and beliefs. Unfortunately, Canada geographically happened to be just in between the U.S. and the USSR. Thus, Canada…

depictions are the naive woman, the mysterious woman, and the wealthy and influential woman. The sparse mentionings of women reveal the way the writer views their significance. They are never given names and are briefly mentioned throughout his work. In Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness, women are hardly mentioned but play a significant role in revealing the many different aspects of imperialistic Europe. One of the women that is mentioned by Conrad is the naive woman, who is called The…

On December 16, 1770 one of the world’s greatest pianist and composer was born. Ludwig van Beethoven creative pieces consolidated vocals and instruments, broadening the extent of sonata, orchestra, concerto and group of four. He is the urgent transitional figure interfacing the Classical and Romantic times of Western music. Beethoven's own life was set apart by a battle against deafness, and some of his most vital works were created amid the most recent 10 years of his life, when he was very…

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a novella that explores the inhuman treatment of African people as they were brutally enslaved by European rulers under the umbrella of colonisation. Through this novella, contemporary audience are able to recognise immoral actions which largely practise corruption, discrimination and ultimately, imperialism. Joseph Conrad, has successfully illustrated to contemporary audience the Victorian era values on colonisation and civilisation being a productive force…

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a novel that stays relevant in the 21st century, the initial 12 years which have seen a number of nations of the globe participated in battle or on the brink of battle. The book is still avidly studied by trainees in classrooms all over the world, as well as it remains a topic of discussion within popular culture as well as mainstream media. It was an unique that checked out issues that include imperialism, race, chaos and good versus evil, all especially…