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An Overview of the Interpretations of Heart of Darkness Novel by Joseph Conrad (899 words, 4 pages)

Interpretations of Heart of DarknessIn Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, there is a great interpretation of the feelings of the characters and uncertainties of the Congo. Although Africa, nor the Congo are ever really referred to, the Thames river is mentioned as support. This intricate story reveals much symbolism due ... Read More

The Description of the Action of the Heart in Terms of Collecting Blood (584 words, 4 pages)

Describe the action of the heart in terms of collecting blood,pumping of blood, and opening and closing of valves In mammals, with double circulation,the heart is divided into right and left sides with 2 atria and 2 ventricles.This division of the heart prevents the oxygenated blood on the left side ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poems in the Collection; History of My Heart (1227 words, 6 pages)

B.F. DickYet there are poems in the collection History of My Heartexpressing emotions peculiar to adults, especially "The Unseen" in which Pinskyrelives a visit to a death camp as if his memories had been memorialized on film. Ratherthan raise an angry hand to heaven, the poet in an epiphanic moment ... Read More

An Analysis of Love and Loneliness in The Heart of a Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson (2379 words, 11 pages)

Eugenia W. CollierIn 1918, she published The Heart of a Woman, poemsexploring themes especially meaningful to women. With this volume, Johnson became thefirst widely recognized African-American woman poet since Frances E. W. Harper. TheHeart of a Woman is about love, longing, disillusionment, and loneliness. The poemsreflect frustration with the strictures ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Kurtz in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (4926 words, 20 pages)

Grover SmithAlthough "The Hollow Men" is not a mere appendage to TheWaste Land, it may most profitably be read as an extension of the same design of questand failure. The quest has already failed once when the poem opens. The history of Kurtzin "Heart of Darkness" conforms to the general ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Heart of Autumn by Bedient (2104 words, 10 pages)

Calvin Bedient (1984) Bedient views "Heart of Autumn" as the climactic poem to a long career, and he dwells on it for several pages, extracting a range of different insights from it.Life begins indemand, ends in an acceptance of necessity demand proving superfluous before whatstarts to demand us, even though ... Read More

The Traveller-Heart (1694 words, 12 pages)

THE TRAVELLER-HEART(To a Man who maintained that the Mausoleum is the Stateliest Possible Manner ofInterment)I would be one with the dark, dark earth--Follow the plough with a yokel tread.I would be part of the Indian corn,Walking the rows with the plumes o'erhead. I would be one with the lavish earth, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Characters in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (682 words, 1 pages)

Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness is about a seaman named Charlie Marlow and an experience he had as a younger man. Early in the novel it becomes apparent that there is a great deal of tension in Marlows mind about whether he should profit from the immoral actions of ... Read More

The Characteristics of the Human Heart, the Muscle that Maintains the Circulation of Blood (3444 words, 4 pages)

AbstractDorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary defines the heart as "the viscus of cardiac muscle that maintains the circulation of the blood". It is divided into four cavities two atria and two ventricles. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs. From there the blood passes to the left ventricle, which ... Read More

An Analysis of the Heart Issues in Medical Research and Hypertension (610 words, 1 pages)

Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. A normal blood pressure is 12080. A blood pressure reading higher or equal to 14090 is considered abnormally high. Elevated blood pressure means your heart is working harder than normal, putting both your heart and arteries under great strain. High blood ... Read More

A Movie Analysis of Dead Heart Directed by Nick Parsons (668 words, 1 pages)

The movie Dead Heart uses the background of a murder mystery to further explore this complex issue of Aboriginal culture and traditions and the inevitable clash that results when white Australians try to impose their own system of beliefs, values and history upon Aboriginal people. The film is set in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Premature Burial in The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (931 words, 2 pages)

During the nineteenth century, there was a common fear that plagued the Americans and Europeans alike this was the fear of premature burial. Doctors during this era lacked the modern medical knowledge that we now posses and would sometimes pronounce people dead who were in comas or even unconscious. The ... Read More

A Review of the Prize-Winning Play “The Shifting Heart” (1023 words, 2 pages)

When a Polish-Jewish immigrant slashed his throat because his workmates could not understand him and tormented him and himself being a victim of racial hatred, Melbourne-born Richard Beynon expressed his feelings, drawn from these experiences, in his prize-winning play- The Shifting Heart. An Italian family, the Bianchis, consisting of Maria, ... Read More

Murder and Investigation in the Story of Lawrence’s Family at the Heart of Downtown Hangleton (2313 words, 5 pages)

The Lawrence family hails a cab in the heart of downtown Hangleton.With little success, they move to a deserted street hoping for less human traffic. The only visible movement is a lone rat scurrying into a gutter.Two lights appear on the horizon and Mr. Lawrence signals for a ride. The ... Read More

An Analysis of Africans Dying in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (953 words, 2 pages)

They were dying slowly-it was clear. They were not enemies, they were not criminals, they were nothing earthly now, nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation, lying confused in the greenish gloom. (page 14 para. 3, line 1).The quote is coming from Marlow, upon arriving at the outer station, ... Read More

The Issue of Racist Ideologies in Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” (945 words, 2 pages)

1. Does Conrad really "otherize," or impose racist ideology upon, the Africans in Heart of Darkness, or does Achebe merely see Conrad from the point of view of an African? Is it merely a matter of view point, or does there exist greater underlying meaning in the definition of racism?2. ... Read More

Defending Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness from Allegations of Racism (1366 words, 2 pages)

There have been many critics, predominantly Chinua Achebe, that have cast a cloak of racism upon the back of Joseph Conrad. Those authors base these allegations upon the novel Heart of Darkness, calling it a vile and most ungodly novel that only seeks to set the black race as a ... Read More

The Symbolism Used in the Story “Heart of Darkness” (1309 words, 2 pages)

Whether a reader connects to the symbolism of Heart Of Darkness or is merely reading it for fun, one cannot go away from this story without a lingering feeling of uneasiness. Joseph Conrad writes what seems to be a simple story about a man in search of an ivory hunter ... Read More

An Analysis of the Heart Attack Occurrence in Medical Research (816 words, 1 pages)

A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to a portion of the heart muscle is severely reduced or stopped. This happens when one of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle is blocked by an obstruction. This blockage can be due to a condition called atherosclerosis (a ... Read More

The Lecture of Chinua Achebe on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1238 words, 2 pages)

Chinua Achebe, a well-known writer, once gave a lecture at the University of Massachusetts about Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, entitled "An Image of Africa Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness." Throughout his essay, Achebe notes how Conrad used Africa as a background only, and how he "set Africa up ... Read More

An Analysis of the Meaning of “The Horror!” to Kurtz in The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1481 words, 2 pages)

In Heart of Darkness it is the white invaders for instance, who are, almost without exception, embodiments of blindness, selfishness, and cruelty and even in the cognitive domain, where such positive phrases as "to enlighten," for instance, are conventionally opposed to negative ones such as "to be in the dark," ... Read More

Ignorance and Racism in Heart of Darkness, a Novel by Joseph Conrad (1044 words, 3 pages)

Joseph Conrad develops themes of personal power, individual responsibility, and social justice in his book Heart of Darkness. His book has all the trappings of the conventional adventure tale - mystery, exotic setting, escape, suspense, unexpected attack. Chinua Achebe concluded, "Conrad, on the other hand, is undoubtedly one of the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Big Two-Hearted River by Ernest Hemingway (1208 words, 2 pages)

"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."At one point in his short story, "Big Two-Hearted River Part II", Hemingway's character Nick speaks in the first person. Why he adopts, for one line only, the first person voice is an interesting question, without ... Read More

Exploring the Themes of Ignorance and Racism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1060 words, 8 pages)

David Yu Ignorance and Racism Joseph Conrad develops themes of personal power, individualresponsibility, and social justice in his book Heart of Darkness. His book has all the trappingsof the conventional adventure tale - mystery, exotic setting, escape, suspense,unexpected attack. Chinua Achebe concluded, "Conrad, on the other hand, is undoubtedly one ... Read More

An Analysis of Cruelty in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1095 words, 7 pages)

David Yu Cruelty In Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness the Europeansare cut off from civilization, overtaken by greed, exploitation, and material interests from his own kind.Conrad develops themes of personal power, individual responsibility, and social justice.His book has all the trappings of the conventional adventure tale - mystery, exotic ... Read More

A Discussion About Artificial Heart Devices (1812 words, 9 pages)

Artificial Heart Devices In its never ending pursuit of advancement, science hasreached a crucial biotechnological plateau, the creation of artificial organs.Such a concept may seem easy to comprehend until one considers the vast knowledgerequired to provide a functional substitute for one of natures creations.One then realizes the true immensity of ... Read More

A Study on the Effects of Sin on the Heart and Mind of the Characters of The Scarlet Letter (1149 words, 4 pages)

According to the New England Primer, a basic textbook used during Puritan times, In Adams fall, we sinned all. This quote very much applies to Nathaniel Hawthornes characters in The Scarlet Letter. The main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and the Puritan society represented by the townspeople, all ... Read More

An Analysis of the Concept of Light and Dark in the Novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (736 words, 1 pages)

As we follow Marlows journey to the Congo of Africa, the absurdities of the events he encounters becomes complex. Marlows mission is to retrieve the chief agent of a British Ivory trade company, Kurtz a failed philanthropist to the African Natives engulfed by the primeval nature of the dark jungle. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Human Heart by William Boyd (1094 words, 2 pages)

Heart of the matter Any Human Heart William Boyd 503pp, Hamish Hamilton A quotation from Henry James furnishes the title of William Boyd's new novel "Never say you know the last word about any human heart." These "intimate journals" of Logan Mountstuart initially seem ready for the challenge. But, as ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Any Human Heart by William Boyd (1146 words, 2 pages)

Tues lunch with Baader-Meinhof...Any Human HeartWilliam BoydHamish Hamilton 17.99, pp503In 1998, William Boyd pulled off a famous little hoax. He invented an all-American artist, one Nat Tate, a friend of Jackson Pollock who, in an alcoholic despair, jumped off the Staten Island ferry to his death, most of his potential ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013