How+Kurtz+is+revealed+throughout+the+text

=﻿The revealing of Kurtz throughout the novel: = = =

Starting point:﻿ the whole of the story is a framed narrative - a narration within a narration. Contained within this are various accounts of Kurtz.

How is the gradual revealing of Kurtz accomplished by Conrad?

What is the effect of the extraordinary delaying device used by Conrad on the audience?

Fill in the table below with notes on when Kurtz is mentioned, who talks about him, what they say and Marlow's attitude towards him as the novel progresses:

-"done a lot for the company" -"first class agent" -"chief of the inner station || -curious || refusive in denial || pensive ||
 * When Kurtz is mentioned || who mentioned Kurtz || What people say about Kurtz || Marlow's attitude towards Kurtz ||
 * * Conrad, Joseph (2006). Heart of Darkness (p. 20). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition
 * Conrad, Joseph (2006). Heart of Darkness (p. 20). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition. || * Station Manger || * 'He is a very remarkable person.'
 * "Mr. Kurtz was at present in charge of a trading-post, a very important one, in the true ivory-country, at 'the very bottom of there. Sends in as much ivory as all the others put together..." || * ||
 * In the office of the chief accountant in Part 1 || Chief accountant || "'In the interior you will no doubt meet Mr Kurtz.' On my asking who Mr Kurtz was, he said he was a first-class agent; and seeing my disappointment at this information, he added slowly, laying down his pen, 'He is a very remarkable person.' Further questions elicited from him that Mr Kurtz was at present in charge of a trading post." ||  ||
 * 20% kindle Project Gutenberg edition || -The accountant || -"remarkable person"
 * 40% - kindle edition || Marlow || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">"I was rather excited at the prospect of meeting Kurtz very soon. When I say very soon I mean it comparitively. It was just two moths from the day we left when we came to bank beloe Kurtz's station. " || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">He seems quite excited and enjoying the quest of deciding how Marlow is. He also seems tired of guessing from other people is Kurtz. If their descriptions of him are correct. ||
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">52% - kindle edition || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">The Manager || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">"I would be desolated if anything should happen to Mr. Kurtz before we cam up." I looked at him, and had not the slightest doubt he was sincere. || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Marlow looks intrigued as most of the men praise Kurtz but they only care for the money not Kurtz himself. ||
 * 57% kindle project Gutenberg edition || pilgrim in pink pyjamas || -"I suppose mr. Kurtz is dead well by this time..." || annoyed, despairing ||
 * 67% kindle project Gutenberg edition || The Russian || -"you don't talk with that man you listen to him" || Curious ||
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">70% - kindle editon || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">The Russian || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">"He had, as he informed me proudly, managed to nurse Kurtz through two illnessess...." || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">He no longer sees him as a figment of someones imagination but as a real person with feelings and diseases etc. He isnt omnipresent and omnipotent. He is human. ||
 * Page 92 (Signet Classics) || The manager || "Clear this poor devil out of the country, and dont bother sending more of that sort. I had rather be alone than have the kind of men you can dispose of with me" || Curious as to what has happened in the past between Kurtz and the Manager. ||
 * Page 100 (Signet Classics || Message left with the stack of firewood || "there was a signature, but it was illegible-not kurtz-a much longer word. || Curious as to what the message means and where Kurtz is. ||
 * Page 112 (Signet Classics) || An agent || 'And by the way, i suppose Mr. Kurtz is dead as well by this time' || Disappointed that he has lost his chance to meet Mr. Kurtz ||
 * <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Conrad, Joseph (2006). Heart of Darkness (p. 59). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition. || <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Marlow || <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">'Why! he's mad,' I said. He protested indignantly. Mr. Kurtz couldn't be mad. || <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">indignant
 * <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Conrad, Joseph (2006). Heart of Darkness (p. 66). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition. || <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Marlow || <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">One of the agents with a picket of a few of our blacks, armed for the purpose, was keeping guard over the ivory; but deep within the forest, red gleams that wavered, that seemed to sink and rise from the ground amongst confused columnar shapes of intense blackness, showed the exact position of the camp where Mr. Kurtz's adorers were keeping their uneasy vigil. || <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">worried
 * <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Conrad, Joseph (2006). Heart of Darkness (p. 43). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition. || <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">the russian || <span style="color: #af0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">'Left.' 'no, no; how can you? Right, right, of course.' 'It is very serious,' said the manager's voice behind me; 'I would be desolated if anything should happen to Mr. Kurtz before we came up.' ||  ||
 * On the boat when Marlow is eavesdropping || Marlow, the uncle || <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Hang Kurtz, I thought. I interrupted him by saying I had heard of Mr. Kurtz on the coast. 'Ah! So they talk of him down there,' he murmured to himself. Then he began again, assuring me Mr. Kurtz was the best agent he had, an exceptional man, of the greatest importance to the Company; therefore I could understand his anxiety. || Frustration ||
 * On the steamboat in part 1 || Marlow || <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">' Mr. Kurtz was a 'universal genius,' but even a genius would find it easier to work with 'adequate tools -- intelligent men.' ||  ||
 * Kindle project gutenberg edition 74% || Kurtz' girlfriend || 'It was impossible not to...' 'Love him,' she finished eagerly, silencing me in appalled dumbness. 'How true! How true! But when you think that no one knew him so well as I! I had all his noble confidence. I knew him best.” ||  ||
 * Kindle project guternberg edition 74% || The Russian || He informed me, lowering his voice, that iwas Kurtz who had ordered the attack to be made on the steamer.” ||  ||