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Course Hero. "Heart of Darkness Study Guide." Course Hero. 28 July 2016. Web. 24 May 2022. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Heart-of-Darkness/>.
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Aboard the Nellie on the Thames River, Marlow tells of his time in Africa.
Part 1 (Framing the Story)Marlow goes to city to get a steamer-pilot job in Africa.
Part 1 (Marlow Seeks a Position)Marlow travels to the outer station, where he hears about Kurtz.
Part 1 (Journey to the Outer Station)Marlow and 60 men march 200 miles (320 kilometers) to the Company's Central Station.
Part 1 (At the Central Station)Marlow begins the return trip downriver, during which Kurtz dies.
Part 3 (Return Downriver and Kurtz's Death)Marlow returns to Brussels with Kurtz's papers and talks of Kurtz with three people.
Part 3 (Return to Brussels)Marlow returns to Brussels with Kurtz's papers and visits Kurtz's fiancée.
Part 3 (Meeting Kurtz's Intended)Aboard the Nellie Marlow finishes the story of his time in Africa.
Part 3 (Completing the Frame)| Part | Summary |
|---|---|
| Part 1 (Framing the Story) | As Heart of Darkness opens, five friends sit on a yacht, waiting for the tide to change on England's Thames River so the... Read More |
| Part 1 (Marlow Seeks a Position) | Marlow travels to the continent to seek a job with the Company. His aunt knows someone who works for the Company and is ... Read More |
| Part 1 (Journey to the Outer Station) | Marlow leaves for Africa on a French steamer that stops at ports along the African coast. At one point the steamer encou... Read More |
| Part 1 (At the Central Station) | Marlow makes a 200-mile (500-kilometer) trek to the Central Station with one white man and almost 60 African men. He is ... Read More |
| Part 2 (The Manager and His Uncle) | One night, as Marlow rests by lying down on the deck of the steamer, he overhears the station manager and his uncle talk... Read More |
| Part 2 (Traveling up the River) | The steamer is finally repaired, and Marlow takes it up the river. It takes two months to reach the Inner Station. As he... Read More |
| Part 2 (Attack on the Steamer) | About eight miles (20 kilometers) from Marlow's destination at the Inner Station, the manager wants to stop moving until... Read More |
| Part 2 (At the Inner Station) | The steamer arrives at the Inner Station in disrepair, and Marlow sees a young man dressed as a harlequin urging them to... Read More |
| Part 3 (Harlequin in the Jungle) | Marlow is puzzled, confused, and disoriented as he looks at the Russian. The young man's clothes are covered with patche... Read More |
| Part 3 (Encountering Kurtz) | Kurtz arrives on a stretcher. He is ill, but his voice is strong. Warriors appear from the jungle carrying weapons, and ... Read More |
| Part 3 (Return Downriver and Kurtz's Death) | At noon the next day, Marlow pilots the steamer away from the station while more than a thousand native people watch the... Read More |
| Part 3 (Return to Brussels) | Marlow muses on the meaning of life and how a person might summarize his life when he is at death's door. He returns to ... Read More |
| Part 3 (Meeting Kurtz's Intended) | In the year following Kurtz's death, Marlow decides to return his letters and the photograph to Kurtz's "Intended"—his f... Read More |
| Part 3 (Completing the Frame) | In the novella's final movement, the small group of Marlow's listeners are still waiting on the Thames for the river's c... Read More |
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