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High school had been his private hell and now with the drama at home, life in general had become intolerable. The one thing he was thankful for was football. Being on defense, he was blessed with the ability to hit people on a regular basis. There was only one thing he disliked about football, although defense is critical in winning games, the defense was not as appreciated as the quarterback that could do no wrong. Trevor Lawrence, the bane of Alexander's existence, haunted him throughout…

The Nature of Blood in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the African Political Space By Segun Omosule Ph. D Department of English, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye.08052037088; jala1964@yahoo.com/omosulesegun@gmail.com/www.scholarsviews.com ABSTRACT The preoccupation of this paper is to prove that Macbeth and the orgies that are associated with him are borne out of fear and that the series of killings that are recorded during his reign are meant to prove that he is a fearless soldier and…

the times that had been able to make him feel cool and clear inside himself when he thought of them; the times so long back when he had done the one thing, the only thing for a man to do, easily and naturally, when he might have done something else, now lost their cool, valuable quality and then were lost themselves” (Hemingway, 187). Krebs is pictured fighting bravely at five battles when maybe the natural thing to do would be to…

Everybody is mad in some way and each person has a method to their madness that helps them succeed. Aristotle said, “There is no great genius without some touch of madness”. Throughout many works of literature madness can be seen in many characters and is used as a catalyst to help move the plot along. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad explores the journey of Marlow, a steamboat captain, journey into the heart of Africa, and the changing of his objective to meeting Kurtz when almost everyone…

ivory and how blind they were to the evil they were partaking in. This exhibits the darkness in people 's hearts and how they can become unconscious to their surroundings. "They were not enemies, they were not criminals, they were nothing earthly now, nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation, lying confusedly in the greenish room" (Conrad 14). This depicts the way the natives were no longer viewed as human. Rather, they were viewed as mere shadows of desperate humanity devoid of a…

point it time throughout the story as “a gifted creature”. This is quite odd considering he categorized him as a creature instead of a gifted human. The Harlequin chooses to describe Kurtz as a man you do not talk to but merely listen to. This motion about Kurtz shows how dominant of a force he is when you can only listen to him. The power has overtaken his life so much to where he only wants to control what others think. When the manager and his uncle are discussing Kurtz they call him a…

“It would have been too dark too dark—too dark altogether…” (Conrad 117). This quote explains how Marlow feels after working in the Congo. He found that his work in the Congo exemplified man’s true nature. He tells this to passengers on a ship anchored on the Thames, where Marlow is waiting for an interview. In Heart of Darkness; Joseph Conrad reveals how living outside the restraints of civilization exposes a man’s heart of darkness. Kurtz showed what living outside the restrictions of society…

Joseph Conrad had dreamed of traveling to Africa since childhood. Unfortunately, his trip to Africa in 1890 was described as less of a dream, and more of a nightmare. Conrad reflected his experiences while writing his short novel Heart of Darkness. The novel follows a sailor’s employment for a Belgian trading company and his journey up the Congo River. The sailor, Marlow, encounters intense brutality and cruelty towards the natives forced into work for the Company. As Marlow searches for the…

In Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness, the main character Marlow, a young Englishman, leaves home with the intention of becoming a steamboat captain, but eventually starts on a quest perusing Kurtz, a famous and charismatic ivory trader who is known for his eloquence. While he succeeds, his journey led him into the heart of darkness, and is changed for the worse and is left with a corrupted moral compass. However through facing Kurtz, he saw the evil within himself and was able to change. While…

Joseph Conrad did not fluently speak English until his late teen years, however he outshone the written English language, with several of his works having been modified into film. Conrad went through a tough life as a child, and when he was only three, his father was imprisoned Warsaw for his believed radical political relationships until the family was banished to northern Russia in 1861. In 1869, Conrad's parents died due to tuberculosis, and he was led to live with his uncle in Switzerland.…