Marlow arrives at the Central Station, run by the general manager, an unwholesome, conspiratorial character. ... Analysis of Major Characters Marlow - Although Marlow appears in several of Conrad's other works, it is important not to view him as merely a surrogate for the author. ... Like these characters, he is significant both for his style and eloquence and for his grandiose, almost megalomaniacal scheming. ... Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. ...

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Some of his writings are anti-Semitic, in his famous essay, Judaism in Music, he spoke of a "natural abhorrence- of Germans for Jews, of a "repulsive otherness in the Jewish character,"" and seemed at one point to propose something like physical self-annihilation as the Jews' only redemption from their "curse-'#. ... Heinrich von Stein was another other Wagner's disciples involved with the Bayreuth Blãtter, which he used to write for, mostly talking about literary and philosophical topics. ...

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His, father, Samuel, encouraged him to read some of the great literary classics, providing him with a ten cents reward for each book he mastered. ... And, even though his occasional refusal to accept established engineering principles may have revealed a flaw in his overall character, his "free wheeling" style of observation and creativity worked amazingly well for him during the emergence of the relatively "new age" of electricity. ... In 1868, after making a name for himself amongst fellow telegraphers as being a flamboyant and quick witted character - who enjoyed playing "mostly harmles...

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