Heart of Darkness Identity Quotes Page 8

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Quote #22

"I shall see this eloquent phantom [Kurtz] as long as I live, and I shall see her (the Intended), too, a tragic and familiar Shade, resembling in this gesture another one (the warrior woman), tragic also…" (3.73)

Marlow describes Kurtz, the Intended, and the warrior woman all as incomplete humans, as mere phantoms or shades. The Intended lacks the skepticism and jadedness necessary to understand Kurtz fully.

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