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lucysaysyeah
lucysaysyeah
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High School - 11th Grade

In heart of Darkness what are Marlow’s challenges, which of these are his greatest challenge?

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Posted by lucysaysyeah on Saturday October 31, 2009 at 9:30 AM and tagged with challenges, darkness, heart, heart of darkness, marlow.

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  1. imomomo
    imomomo Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

    Marlow's biggest challenge has to do with the "changes on the inside".  He was warned of these by the doctor in the Company's offices.  He recognizes these changes occurring during his trek to the Central Station, and then at the Central Station, he throws himself into work because that's what shows a man's true worth to himself.  This fight against this change culminates  when Marlow is at the brink of killing Kurtz.  Marlow recognizes that he is at the edge of a cliff that Kurtz has fallen off.  In spite of this apparent victory, back in Europe, Marlow realizes he has changed when he cannot bear to tell the truth to Kurtz' fiance even though Marlow can't bear to tell a lie.

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    Posted by imomomo on Monday November 2, 2009 at 7:40 PM