Kurtz

In a world of scandalous stories, abuse against children should never be compared to stories of consenting adults.

A literary criticism of Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness," focusing on the parallels between Marlow's journey and the metaphorical descent into hell.

Most stories take the shape of the romantic archetype where the gallant hero overcomes adversity and triumphs in the end. However, the ironic myth has an unexpected ending but is more realistic in nature. This essay explores both types of myths.

Review of the documentary Strange Culture, about the Kafkaesque ordeal of Steve Kurtz, a left wing artist arrested and persecuted by the criminal justice system on ludicrous terrorism grounds. Mostly interesting film, of an unconventional style.

A review of one of Francis Ford Coppola's best movies, Apocalypse Now

Joseph Conrad's famous work Heart of Darkness is full of amazing examples of symbolism for the reader to decode. This post follows the main character, Charles Marlow, the his symbolic journey through the African Congo's Heart of Darkness.

Conrad depicts a pre-politically correct age when white men thought it only fair and inevitable that they plunder the riches of Africa all the while comforting themselves that they were uplifting the fallen state of a lowly people.

The book that inspired the major motion picture, Apocalypse Now.

This essay explores Joseph Conrad's depiction of women in his Heart of Darkness.

A basic analysis of Conrad's Heart of Darkness with special attention applied to Kurtz's effect on Marlow's moral evolution.

The story takes place in the Belgian Congo, and is about a seaman named Charlie Marlow, which considers himself a simple lazy type of man who works for a company.

Here is a literary analysis of the character Kurtz in Conrad's Heart of Darkness. In this essay Kurtz is compared to Christ.

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad in Parallel with The Revolt of the Masses by Cortega.

An in-depth look into one of the Conrad's major themes represented in Heart Of Darkness.

A paper on the exploration of ethics and power in Conrad's Heart of Darkness

The Barack Obama Campaign seriously does not like discussion or reporting on the relationship between their candidate and the unrepentant terrorist, William Ayers. Recently National Review columnist Stanley Kurtz found out just how the Obama people don't like it.

Analyzes novel

Journeys into strange, distant lands prove physically and mentally hazardous as those lucky enough to escape death during the voyage ultimately suffer severe psychological damage.

"Kurtz Hot Dog Sauce" is that "little something extra". It might be that flavor you're craving when you're trying to put an easy meal together.

In Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad as well as Surfacing by Margaret Atwood there is a definite element of madness in both Kurtz and the narrator. The madness within these two novels is a means to change both people.

An analysis of "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

The "darkness" depicted clearly refers to the "darkest" side of human nature as seen in the brutal colonists and ivory traders illustrated in Heart of Darkness.

In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, a number of themes are prevalent. However, two themes always preside at the surface of this work's murky Congo waters: the innate darkness of humans and the terrible lengths humans will go to pursue financial wealth.

In Rauch's first proposition, he explains Kurtz and his misanalyzation of marriage. Kurtz says marriage is all about the "underlying dynamic of male-female sexuality",

An analytical paper discussing the similarities as well as differences in "Heart of Darkness" and the lyrics of Maynard James Keenan.

The authors Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allen Poe all demonstrate the intangibility of truth, meaning, and identity through the experiences of their characters.

A brief analysis of philosophical understandings of the meaning of life.