Hollow Men/Heart of Darkness

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The second part of the poem has changed two a first person speaker, describing his incounters with his experiences to get him to where he is now. The speakers observations have made him a hollow, unemtional man. "There the eyes are/ Sunlight ona broken column"(23-24). In heart of darkness Kurtz has somewhat of this same thing in front of his hut he has" the heads of rebels" on stakes(222). Both the speaker and Kurtz had no emotions these type things had no effect on them for they felt no sympathy for anyone. No only are they emitionless but they also are unable to make a decision the "Behave as the wind behaves"(35). Marlow and his men on the Nellie are also becoming hollow. Abort the ship ready to sail up the river, " the wind was nearly calm...wait for the turn of the tide"(135). The are guided by a higher power which they have no control over. One who is h

ollow has no desire to have control over his life or is affected by his surroundings.

Part five the final realization is made about the hollow men. The commparisons of what the hollow men are and what everyone else is can be detected in the couples of lines. One of the differences is "Between the idea/ And the reality" (72-73). On Kurtz's death bed this is appearant," The light was within a foot of his eyes"(239). The reality would be being able to actually see the light but instead he has to die base on the idea that their is light. "The shade of the original Kurtz frequented the bedside of the hollow sham..."(237).

Part four contains further descriptions of physical features of the terrain. The stars mentioned throughout the poem, again they appear "In the valley of dying stars"(54). The stars represent the lives of the hollow men just present but soo

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Marlow Nellie, Heart Darkness, , heart darkness,

Approximate Word count = 582
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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