In his book The Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad explores man's inner darkness as he travels through the Congo in search of another trader named Kurtz. ... Joseph Conrad's experiences with the dark side of human nature also heavily influence his work. Conrad was born in a region of the Ukraine, then under Russian rule ("Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)-, http://www.kirjaso.sci.fi/jConrad.htm). ... ("Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)-). ... Conrad witnessed this expansion when he himself traveled into the Congo in 1890 (Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)). ...

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Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden" depict the 19th century belief that it is the white man's destiny through God to colonize Africa and other under-developed nations. ... Kipling had a rather obvious sarcastic tone, but it is difficult to comprehend Conrad's intentions. ...

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The Visions of Light Vs Darkness When Joseph Conrad composed Heart of Darkness he created a literary masterpiece which embodied the essence of light contrasting with darkness. ... (Crankshaw 34) In Heart of Darkness Conrad makes the reader "see- by absorbing into every aspect possible of the book images of lightness and darkness. ... (Conrad 7) Within this narrative paragraph Marlow sets the tone for the rest of the novel. ... The setting causes many of the characters to go insane, " The sun was too much for him, or the country perhaps- (Conrad 80). ... (Conrad 94) Just the setting itself is s...

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Schneider and Conrad (1983) say, "when someone is 'seized' by a convulsion, he or she typically falls to the ground, displays contorted bodily movements, makes grunting noises, salivates uncontrollably and loses consciousness." ... Grand Mal seizures is the most common type of seizure with 50% of epileptics having them (Schneider & Conrad, 1983). ... This type of seizure is the second most common seizure with 25% of epileptics having them (Schneider & Conrad, 1983). ... It is not hereditary (Schneider & Conrad, 1983). ... There were a few laws that are also banished now, that epilep...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...

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In the following chapters, one of these, Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Joseph Whedon, will be introduced. ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer Both, the comic as well as the television series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer were created by Joseph "Joss" Whedon. ... Therefore, the following chapter will give an introduction to the comic and television series. 4.1 The Television Series Joseph Whedon's first attempt of being successful with supernatural stories was 1992 when he created an action/comedy horror film about a Valley girl cheerleader named Buffy who's fate it was to hunt v...

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Joseph Campbell in his book, The Hero With A Thousand Faces, traced the images of heroes throughout the world of vast mythologies, legends religious texts and literature examining their various "faces". ...

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Before 1960 it was very uncommon to hear of the "contemporary Spanish American novel": there were Uruguayan, Ecuadorian, Mexican or Venezuelan novels. However, during this decade, a literary explosion of Latin American literature took place named "The Boom." El Boom "was simply the discovery of a new literary language in which to express Latin American reality with, for the first time, complete authenticity1." This genre of literature has become known as magic realism, a movement characterized by the dreamlike and fantastic elements, which are mixed into fiction. There are many reasons why...

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When European settlers came to the new world hoping to escape religious persecution, amass great wealth, or escape the poverty they experienced in their home countries. They came into contact with a race of people completely alien to them. Likewise, the arrival of the Dutch in Africa sent out shoc...

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Prior to the 1960s, war films did well at the box-office. Invigorated audiences defined their ideas of combat by watching films that glorified heroic soldiers. Rather than questioning the accuracy of setting, dialogue, or action, audiences gave the film makers freedom to use their imagination. Howe...

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