There are other minor characters such as the group of pilgrims, a Russian wanderer, and Kurtz's intended. The group of pilgrims accompanies Marlow on his trip to the interior; they are greedy, self-interested, one dimensional characters. ... In Kurtz's case, he enters the heart of darkness with the noble goal of bringing civilization and progress, but no sooner does he arrive than an intense sense of isolation from any consequence strips him of his civilized exterior. ... The reader sees how these bringers of "civilization and progress- are nothing more than robbers bringing genoc...

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However, Marlow realizes as his journey progresses that the trade is in fact marred by slavery, torture, and corruption. ... All around him, he sees practices that are seemingly illogical: the artificial hole in the side of the cliff, the tame cannibals and crazy ˜pilgrims' during the attack on the boat, and the fact that the ship's foghorn is its best method of defense. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The pilgrims who made the journey with him thought that he was a cold and heartless man who felt no remorse for anything that he did. ... Without good and evil the world would never progress, it would become a stagnant place to live where nothing ever gets better and nothing ever becomes worse. ...

• Word Count: 1748
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• Grade Level: High School