You will be writing a paper of 800-1000 words. You may earn extra credit through the use of a secondary source. Acceptable sources are academic books and peer-reviewed journal articles (most which are available online). All documentation must follow MLA guidelines for both the in-text citation and works cited page that will be on a separate page following your essay. Do not forget to use your primary source effectively in your paper as well. A well-chosen quote from the novella or poem can have a powerful impact on a point you are arguing in you essay. On other hand, quoting material can also be overdone. The quotes in your paper should not overpower your own argument. Try to avoid quoting long passages; there is an art to extricating just the right part of a passage to create the best impact in your paper.
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Write a thorough analysis of what you believe Conrad to be putting forth as the "heart of darkness" in his novella. you may want to think about the context of the colonial period that was at it height at the time he wrote this story and the justifications for colonizing other countries. you may also consider this form a psychoanalytic view point of the main characters in the story. Think about what Marlow "admires" in Kurtz and what he deplores. If Conard uses the metaphor of a nut to describe Marlow’s experience of life (remeber, the narrator states that Marlow wasn’t intent on getting to the hidden kernel, but found meaning in the enveloping external shell), what might Marlow have discovered about what is at the center, or heart, of things? How does this relate to the heart of darkness?
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