3/2/2023 0 Comments Heart of darkness summary![]() ![]() The next day, Marlow, his crew, and Kurtz leave the Inner Station. When he comes upon Kurtz, Kurtz warns him to run, but Marlow helped Kurtz to his feet and carried him back to the cabin. Marlow runs outside and finds a trail running through the grass - and realizes that Kurtz is escaping by crawling away on all fours. He inspects Kurtz's cabin, only to discover that he is not there. Marlow then hears Kurtz chiding the Manager from behind a curtain: "Save me! - save the ivory, you mean." The Harlequin, fearing what might happen when Kurtz is taken on board the steamboat, asks Marlow for some tobacco and rifle cartridges he then leaves in a canoe.Īt midnight that same night, Marlow awakens to the sound of a big drum. After leaving the hut, Marlow sees a "wild and gorgeous" native woman approach the steamer the Harlequin hints to Marlow that the woman is Kurtz's Mistress. Marlow notices that Kurtz is frail, sick, and bald. Suddenly, Marlow sees a group of native men coming toward him, carrying Kurtz on a stretcher Kurtz is taken inside a hut, where Marlow approaches him and gives him some letters. Marlow learns from him that the steamboat was attacked because the natives did not want Kurtz to be taken away. ![]() The Harlequin speaks enthusiastically of Kurtz's wisdom, saying, "This man has enlarged my mind." Marlow learns that the hut they previously saw is the Harlequin's. ![]() A Russian trader and disciple of Kurtz, called "The Harlequin" by Marlow, approaches the steamboat and tells Marlow that Kurtz is still alive. Marlow reaches the Inner Station and notices Kurtz's building through his telescope - there is no fence, but a series of posts ornamented with "balls" that Marlow later learns were natives' heads. ![]()
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