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1. 1890

2. The Secret Agent

Father - Apollo - Dies Of Tuberculosis - Lives With Uncle And Finishes SchoolingTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless Others1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or Buchan

3. Achebe 's Criticism Of Conrad

Heart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless Others1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismFather - Apollo - Dies Of Tuberculosis - Lives With Uncle And Finishes Schooling

4. 1869

5. 1878

He Joins British Merchant Navy And Becomes ShipmasterTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless Others1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or Buchan

6. Said 's Criticism

1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanConrad Uses Narrative To Show How - Like With Imperialism - A Whole System Of Representation Can Be Taken Over...Conrad's Background Meant He Was An Outsider So Had Distance Necessary To Reflect On EmpireTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless Others

7. 1865

8. 1896

Heart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless Others1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismMarries Jesse George And Has Two Sons - Befriends Other Dense Writers

9. 1886

Heart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless OthersTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By Colonialism1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanEarns A Commission To Command His Own Ship And Granted British Citizenship - Changes His Name To Joseph Conrad. First Trip Down Congo In Africa

10. 1902

11. 1874

12. December 3rd - 1857

Travels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By Colonialism1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless OthersBorn Jozef Teodor Konrad

13. 1889

Travels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismRetires And Settles In England - Becomes A Writer - English Is His Third Language1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless Others

14. 1924

Heart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless OthersTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismHeart Attack In America1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or Buchan

15. Key Quotes

1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless OthersWe Live In A Flicker...But Darkness Was Here Yesterday. - "...A Buddha Preaching In Euro Clothes And Without A Lotus Flower." - "Exterminate The Brutes" - "The Conquest Of The Earth...Is Not A Pretty Thing When You Look Into It Too Much." - "...The Dark Interloper Of The E.Ern Trade - And The Commissioned 'gen.S' Of E. Ind Fleets." - "...The Fundamental Causes Were The Same As Ever - Rooted In The Political Immaturity Of The People - In The Indolence Of The Upper Classes And The Mental Darkness Of The Lower." (Nos.)

16. Lord Jim

Travels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless Others1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or Buchan1900 - Published In Blackwoods (Like Hod) - Marlow Tells Story (Like Hod) Of Jim - A Disgraced Captain He Helps Estab. In A New Life In A Remote Territory - Jim Becomes Local Hero But Later Killed - Whole Story Skewed As Marlow's Interpretation - Plays With Time - Marlow Hops Backwards And Forwards In Time And Creates Suspense By Revealing Part Of What It Come - No. Of Episodes Revolve Around Misinterpretation Of Language...Possibly Reflects Conrad's Experience

17. The Outsider As Theme

1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By ColonialismRecurring Theme That Probs Reflects Conrad's Own Experience - Marlow's Position As An Outsider Is Key Bcos It Allows Him To See Truth Of What Kurtz Has Become - There Are So Many Europeanss In Costaguana - The Native Pop Have Bcom OutsidersHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless Others

18. Why Exiled

19. Literary Techniques

1. Light Vs. Dark... Juxtaposed To Show How Close Opp.S Are Eg. "We Live In A Flicker...But Darkness Was Here Yesterday" - 2. Short Clauses - 3. Unknown Narrator - 4. Frame Narrative... Allows Tale To Be Told Thru Multiple Voices - Often Delib.Ly Blurring The Lines Ten Them5. Sim To Chaucer...Frame Narrative + Refs To Characs By Their Function Eg. The Lawyer - My Intended1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless OthersTravels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By Colonialism

20. Heart Of Darkness

1902 - First Pub.D In Blackwood's- Aud Sim. To Marlow+int In Travel/The Non-European World - Marlow Employed To Track Down Kurtz... Becomes Disillusioned Through Experience - Kurtz Has Reputation As Paragon Of European Civilisation But Far From Man Marlow Has Heard About - Looks At Hum Rs Abuses + Exploitation Of African Workers On Foreign-owned Rubber Plantations Travels To Congo For Inspiration. Outraged By Colonialism1907 - Russians Pay And Coerce Left Wing Radicals To Bomb Greenwich Observatory To Trigger British Government Crackdown - Main Character Is Verloc; No Redeeming Feature (Pornographer + Police Spy) - Inspired By 1894 Greenwich Bomb Incident When Anarchist Accidentally Blew Himself Up (Referenced By Conrad In 1920 Introduction) - Satirises Radical And Reactionary Politics - Suggests Society Is Formed By Useful - Tangible Things Not Just Grand Ideas - Heroes All Antithesis Of Traditional Spy Novel Characteristics Of John Le Carre Or BuchanHeart Of Darkness Celebrates Dehumanisation Of Africans In West European Culture - Arrogantly Reduces Afrrica To Props; Lord Jim Also Turns Indigenous Population Into Voiceless Others

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