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This 4 page paper evaluates why Marlow comes to think of Kurtz as remarkable. Some quotes are included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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man named Kurtz who eventually passes away. His last words are dismal, but Marlow has a mission that coaxes him to twist Kurtzs last words. Indeed, Marlow meets with Kurtzs
love interest and in some way, Kurtz becomes larger than life. At the meeting, she is quite distraught over the news of the death. As the pair discuss this lost
man, as sometimes does when another individual dies, there is a bit of glamour and exaggeration added. When someone passes on, it is easy to forget annoying habits and simply
focus on good character traits. Suddenly, it seems as if there are no flaws and that the dead are less than human. It is almost a superstition as to not
speak ill of the dead. Certainly, the mind plays tricks. In that light, their conversation makes sense. The narration of events is as follows: " And you admired him, she
said. It is impossible to know him and not to admire him. Was it? " He was a remarkable man, I said unsteadily" (Conrad 70). Indeed, it appears that when
one speaks of the dead, no one wants to say bad things, but sometimes the persona becomes greater than most believe it to be. To say that someone is remarkable
seems to elevate him above the crowd. Why does Marlow consider Kurtz a remarkable man? Brudney contends it is because Kurtz is always able to keep up his outward appearance
(318). Perhaps this is why Marlow told Kurtzs love that he uttered her name on his death bed instead of what he really said. Marlow wanted to keep Kurtzs pristine
image intact. Cosineau looks at the work differently. He claims that Conrad is showing that Marlow recognizes Kurtzs moral stature but there is a sense of indifference (140). In
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