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An 8 page paper which examines Conrad’s novel, first comparing it with Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film, “Apocalypse Now,” but then concentrating on its use of binary opposition, issues of colonial and anti-colonial text, explores the character of Kurtz and his absence and presence throughout the journey (psychological and spatial) and how he appears to be insane, and yet is perhaps the only one who has fully learned the art of killing, unlike the American soldiers in “Apocalypse Now.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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concept of intertextuality first developed by Julia Kriesteva, which states that literature is, essentially, a cultural construct. It is a product of the authors cultural experiences and a reflection
of the times in which it was written, the British imperialism that dictated colonial expansion to third-world countries. Similarly, Francis Ford Coppolas cinematic adaptation of Heart of Darkness, 1979s
Apocalypse Now, which represented the Western military intervention in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. While Conrads novel of binary opposition prompted a dual reading of Heart of Darkness,
first as a colonial text, in the characterization of skipper Charlie Marlow, and then later as an anti-colonial text in the monstrous indulgences of Kurtz, in Apocalypse Now, it is
transposed into a study of good violence, in the character of U.S. Army Captain Benjamin Willard and evil violence, in the war-weary lunatic Colonel Walter Kurtz. Either way, the
message is basically the same: the book and the film are both tales of the classic conflict between good and evil, intertexturally restructured so that they encompass the thoughts and
attitudes of the readers and audience, establishing a connection between them, the story and the characters. Heart of Darkness is a study in binary opposites, most commonly represented symbolically, in
contrasts of light and dark, black and white, culturally in civilization and barbarism, and ideologically in truth and lies, illusion and reality. All of these opposites are interwoven into
one central thread of conflict - colonialism vs. anti-colonialism. Charlie Marlow is initially described by his aunt as "an emissary of light, something like a lower sort of apostle"
(Conrad 59). In fact, he envisions himself as a white knight in shining armor, destined to help those who are less fortunate than himself. Marlow muses, "I was
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