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Discussion questions:
- What does Kurtz represent?
- Do you find the story racist, in that it is condescending in its overall treatment of the African natives?
- What is the effect of the frame tale of Marlow's narration?
- Why does Marlow lie to Kurtz's Intended at the end?
- Is this a story of Kurtz's collapse or of Marlow's discovery?
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Links to other Internet sources:
 Longman's English Resources (Choose "literature" then "Workbook" on the left then scroll down to "Joseph Conrad")
Student Resource Page (from St. Francis) including a map of Africa
The Joseph Conrad Foundation
Essay on Colonialism, including Conrad
Essay on Heart of Darkness |
