Ahmad's+notes+pg+81-83

Pg. 81 '//He rose, unsteady, long, pale, indistinct, like a vapour exhaled by the Earth, and swayed slightly, misty and silent before me'// · Shows that Kurtz is not a God but is only a human. Also suggests that like the natives, Kurtz is at one with the Earth. '//Though he could hardly stand, there was still plenty of vigour in his voice.'// · Kurtz's power is still intact because his power is psychological, not physical//.// // ‘A black figure stood up, strode on long black …I think- on its head.’ // · Shows dehumanization of natives because not only is he compared to animals, the man is referred to as ‘it’ and is shown to be part of the background. Pg. 82 // ‘You will be lost,’ I said- ‘utterly lost’.’ // · Mirrors the situation of the imperialists because they are also lost; they are in a foreign land and have no method. ‘‘//I was on the threshold of great things,’ he pleaded, in a voice of longing…my blood run cold.’// · Contrast between great things and pleading. ‘//…practical purpose. I tried to break the spell- the heavy…by the memory of gratified and monstrous passions.’// · The jungle brings out the darkness Kurtz’s soul // ‘He had kicked himself loose of the Earth. Confound the man!’ // · This line suggests that Kurtz is free; free of any moral or social obligations // ‘I before him did not know whether I stood on the ground or floated in the air.’ // · Marlow doesn’t know whether he is free like Kurtz or not Pg. 83 // ‘Soul! If anybody had ever struggled with a soul, I am the man.’ // · In this line Marlow is alluding to the Darkness in the human soul ‘//…his intelligence was perfectly clear…But his soul was mad.’// · Again shows the confusion in Kurtz’s character, which reinforces the notion that he is not a god but is human. // ‘Being alone in the wilderness…it had gone mad.’ // · Clearly illustrates the author’s belief that there is Darkness is at the centre of the human soul. // ‘I saw the inconceivable mystery…yet struggling blindly with itself’ // · It could be possible that Kurtz’s physical condition is due to this internal struggle. // ‘…while my legs shook under me as though I had carried half a ton…he was not much heavier than a child’ // · It is possible that it was the weight of Kurtz’s soul that troubled Marlow. The reason for the weight of the soul can be that Kurtz has discovered the Darkness that lies inside his soul.