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Heart of Darkness Man and the Natural World Quotes Page 12
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #34 "We broke down – as I had expected – and had to lie up for repairs at the head of an island. This delay was the first thing that shook Kurtz's confidence." (3.39) |
As happened when they were going upriver, Marlow’s steamboat breaks down and they must delay to repair it. This useless lapse of time frightens Kurtz, for he senses his impending death. It is for this reason that he entrusts his papers to Marlow.
| Quote #35 "It was a moment of triumph for the wilderness, an invading and vengeful rush which, it seemed to me, I would have to keep back alone for the salvation of another soul." (3.51) |
Marlow remembers feeling keenly threatened by the wilderness.
| Quote #36 "[…] she [the Intended] went on, and the sound of her low voice seemed to have the accompaniment of all the other sounds, full of mystery, desolation, and sorrow, I had ever heard - the ripple of the river, the soughing of the trees swayed by the wind, the murmurs of the crowds, the faint ring of incomprehensible words cried from afar, the whisper of a voice speaking from beyond the threshold of an eternal darkness." (3.61) |
Marlow associates the Intended’s low voice with sounds of the wilderness.
