The Lagoon

by Joseph Conrad

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The Lagoon Questions and Answers

At the end of "The Lagoon", what does Arsat plan to do? Bury Diamelen, seek revenge, or forgive the killers?

Where do each of the two men go at the end of the story?

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In "The Lagoon," how is it that Arsat and the White Man are friends?

What are the setting and main characters of "The Lagoon" by Joseph Conrad?

What is the role of the white man in The Lagoon?

What is the point of view of "The Lagoon" by Joseph Conrad?

What is the role of Arsat's brother in "The Lagoon" by Joseph Conrad?

Is Arsat to be seen as primarily a lover or a betrayer?

Discuss Joseph Conrad's short story "The Lagoon" as a story of moral dilemma.

Comment on the ending of the short story "The Lagoon " by Joseph Conrad.

Who is the real hero of "The Lagoon" by Joseph Conrad?

What is the white man's destination?

Do you consider the character of Arsat as a tragic one?

Discuss how one could justify the moral degradation of Diamelen.

What is the structure of Joseph Conrad's story "The Lagoon"?

How does description establish the proper atmosphere for the story "The Lagoon"?

What is the inciting incident of this story ?

What does the author reveal about a life of exile?

How does Conrad suggest the character of Arsat by his answers to the white man Tuan's questions early in the story of "The Lagoon"? "The Lagoon" by Joseph Conrad.

In Conrad's "The Lagoon," single out some of the lines that demonstrate the flowing, rhythmic quality of his prose. Joseph Conrad, a major English storyteller, famed for Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim, was a Pole who learned the language and literature of England from his father, a poet and a translator of Shakespeare. At the age of sixteen, he became a seaman. For twenty-one years, the sea was his life and his love. Single out some of the lines in "The Lagoon" that demonstrate the flowing, rhythmic quality of his prose.

In Conrad's "The Lagoon," single out some of the lines that demonstrate the flowing, rhythmic quality of the prose.